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4000 Miles FRI.-SUN. OCT. 20-NOV. 5 | Carol Sutton and James Bartelle star in the drama about an aimless young man who has just finished a cross-country bike trek reconnecting with his formerly rebellious grandmother in New York City. The NOLA Project presents the show at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Ashe Cultural Arts Center.

Jason Isbell headlines two nights at The Joy Theater

BY ALEX WOODWARD @ALEXWOODWARD JASON ISBELL’S “TRAVELING ALONE,” from the Alabama

songwriter’s acclaimed 2013 album Southeastern, compares a worn-out clunker steering life on the road to the husk of a man without a partner, the kind of metaphor Bruce Springsteen could wrap around a song about cars — that’s really about mending a broken heart.

Springsteen himself called it a “lovely record” on NPR in 2014, and a few months later, backstage at a tribute to Dr. John at the Saenger Theatre, Isbell met Springsteen, who sang it back to him.

“He had Southeastern, so he had heard it and he actually sang a little bit,” Isbell says, “which was exciting but kind of unnerving.”

The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac and His Music, the live album capturing that night, is out Oct. 21 on Concord Records. Isbell performed “Blow Wind Blow,” a piano-powered, drowsy shuffle from Dr. John’s 1972 album Gumbo, seemingly at odds with Isbell’s arrangements but with lyrics straight out of every country song.

“If you over-rehearse those kinds of songs, you’re not really serving the spirit of the songs,” he says. “Those are the kinds of songs I’m sure Mac probably never played the same way twice. I definitely wouldn’t want to do that in tribute to them.”

Backstage, Isbell “tried to be a fly on the wall” among Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas and Dr. John. “They were all having conversations with each other,” he says. “You could tell they all had a crazy history together but probably didn’t wind up in the same room together a whole lot.”

WED. OCT. 19 | Though guitarist Robert Randolph and his family took up the musical tradition of sacred steel in their native northern New Jersey, the band’s mix of funk, rock, soul and R&B has remained popular everywhere from jam band circuits to New York Knicks games. At 9 p.m. at Tipitina’s.

Tig Notaro Isbell returns to New Orleans to headline two nights at The Joy Theater Oct. 22-23.

“I definitely try to keep the set lists different — there’s still some high points you want to hit,” he says.

“There’s a few songs I always do both nights, but I like to keep somewhere between eight and 10 songs different from night to night. I really enjoy being in a town and playing more than one show like that. It gives the crew a chance to rest, gives the band a chance to get out and see the city a bit. We don’t really do a soundcheck the second night if we do a two-night run, if everything sounds good, and get almost — almost — a day off.”

Isbell followed the sobering and personal Southeastern with the Grammy Award-winning 2015 album Something More Than Free, offering cautionary tales and narratives of dependency, isolation and heartbreak, with barely a flicker of hope from the quiet people on the fringe.

Isbell plans to begin recording another album in January, reuniting with producer Dave Cobb, who helmed Isbell’s last two albums.

“I think they probably made me more ambitious when it comes to writing complete albums, albums that are good from start to finish,” Isbell says. “That’s become really important to me. A lot of

FRI. OCT. 21 | The comedian’s semi-autobiographical One Mississippi, about growing up on the Gulf Coast — she grew up in Pass Christian and counts a New Orleans mayor among her relatives — debuted online in September. In recent years, she beat breast cancer, married her partner Stephanie Allynne and had kids. At 9 p.m. at Joy Theater.

Community Records Fest SAT. OCT 22 | The New Orleans-based DIY label celebrates its ninth year, swapping its annual Block Party for a massive concert highlighting the label roster, including Gland, Sexy Dex & the Fresh, All People, Pope and Boyfriend Material, among others. There also is an all-ages pre-festival show Friday, Oct. 21 at Hey! Cafe with Stuck Lucky, Pudge, Zach Quinn and Tare.

At 4:30 p.m. at One Eyed Jacks.

Legends of Southern Hip Hop OCT. 22-23 JASON ISBELL WITH JOSH RITTER 9 P.M. SATURDAY-SUNDAY THE JOY THEATER, 1200 CANAL ST., (504) 528-9569 WWW.THEJOYTHEATER.COM TICKETS $39.50-$75

SAT. OCT. 22 | The UNO Lakefront Arena continues its series of lifetime-achievement bookings with this united-nation summit of Mason-Dixon defenders. Mystikal and Juvenile are your hosts; Bun B takes Texas, Trick Daddy has Florida, 8Ball & MJG rep Tennessee and Pastor Troy draws Georgia. At 8 p.m.

Anthony Hamilton people I think after they’ve been at it a few years, feel like two or three songs is all you need for a good album — two or three good songs and you can fill the rest of it up with other stuff. After the last two records, I really feel like it’s sort of my duty to make records that are good all the way through. That’s something I hold myself to.”

SUN. OCT. 23 | The preferred R&B surrogate of numerous rap acts (from Nappy Roots to Big K.R.I.T.) and film soundtracks (American Gangster, Django Unchained), Anthony Hamilton returned in March with What I’m Feelin’ (RCA), his seventh LP and first original full-length in nearly five years. Lalah Hathaway and Eric Benet open at 7:30 p.m. at Lakefront Arena.

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C’est What

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6,820

The number of unemployed or outof-school 16-to 24year-olds in New Orleans.

Do you agree with Mayor Mitch Landrieu that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump “offers a confused, racist version of America”?

SOURCE: THE COWEN INSTITUTE

MORE THAN 6,200 PEOPLE AGED 16-24 either were unemployed or not enrolled in school in 2014 — accounting for 14.5 percent of all 16- to 24-year olds in Orleans Parish and nearly three times the number of high school graduates that year. According to an October report from the Cowen Institute on “opportunity youth,” those 16- to 24-year-olds were most often black, male and living below the poverty line. More than 73 percent had no income, and more than 20 percent were women with children.

“Opportunity youth” also faced significant health barriers. Those 16- to 24-yearolds had more than twice the rate of disabilities than their peers (nearly 13 percent vs. 5.2 percent of all 16- to 24-year-olds in the city that year), and nearly half did not have health insurance.

The report recommends the city invest in more job training and youth services programs, programs targeting older youth (24-year-olds accounted for a quarter of “opportunity youth”), and health resources, particularly access to mental health care. — ALEX WOODWARD

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Lil Wayne donat-

ed skate ramps and equipment to Parisite Skate Park in Gentilly.

Wayne and California skate company OC Ramps gave the equipment to the park following a pop-up skate park at Champions Square during August’s Lil Weezyana Festival. Parisite opened in 2013.

Christina Vella

received the 2016 Louisiana Writer Award from the state library’s Louisiana Center for the Book.

Vella is the author of Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba, among other works. She’ll receive the award at the 2016 Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge Oct. 29.

Mike Yenni, president

of Jefferson Parish, continues to ignore calls to step down following a sexting scandal between Yenni and a then17-year-old high school student. Yenni’s refusals follow calls to resign from the Westwego, Gretna and Jefferson Parish councils, as well as Jefferson Parish’s assessor, clerk of court, coroner and sheriff, and three Kenner City Council members. He also has been banned from all public and Catholic schools in Jefferson.

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In response to Clancy DuBos’ column saying Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni should step down in the wake of a “sexting” scandal: “Everyone makes mistakes, some egregious ones, even public servants.

The texting matter being reported is a personal one between Mike Yenni and his family, and the ‘anonymous’ young man and his family. Although I agree it is truly unfortunate and poor judgment, it in no way negates the passion and dedication of Mike Yenni as Parish President.”

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Ghost tours, history tours, architecture tours, cocktail tours — and now a tour of some of New Orleans’ most notable sinkholes.

What took so long?

Yes, it’s a real thing: On Oct. 22, Alex Kolker, a researcher from Tulane University, will host the WWNO Sinkhole Tour, brought to you by the New Orleans public radio station.

Sinkhole enthusiasts will meet at the Lyons Recreation Center (624 Louisiana Ave.) at 4 p.m. for a discussion of subsidence and Everything You Wanted to Know About Sinkholes, But Were Afraid to Ask for Fear of Blowing Out Your Transmission. The tour will conclude at Urban South Brewery around 5:30 p.m.

2. Quote of the week “It suits his politics better to parachute in to places like Detroit and Philadelphia for photo-ops, while mostly giving red-meat speeches in front of white crowds outside of the American cities he is talking about.”

— Mayor Mitch Landrieu in an essay about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The essay, which went online minutes after the Oct. 9 presidential debate, criticized what Landrieu saw as Trump’s negative view of American cities.

3. Yenni digs in his heels Both the Gretna and Westwego city councils joined the Jefferson Parish Council last week in urging Parish President Mike Yenni to step down in light of news he had sent sexual text messages to a then17-year-old high school boy while Yenni was mayor of Kenner. Several other Jefferson officials, including Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer, Assessor Tom Capella, Coroner Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich and Sheriff Newell Normand also have called for Yenni’s resignation, as have several prominent business groups in Jefferson. Meanwhile, Metairie attorney Robert Evans III announced he had filed a petition with the Louisiana Secretary of State to have Yenni recalled. Evans said he would put $100,000 of his own money to help the recall effort succeed.

Yenni reiterated last week that he had no intention of stepping down, saying the issue had nothing

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to do with his job performance. He is expected to appear at the Jefferson Parish Council’s next regular meeting Oct. 19.

4. STR vote coming Oct. 20 The New Orleans City Council is expected to vote Thursday, Oct. 20 on a framework for legalizing short-term rentals that are populating New Orleans neighborhoods through websites like Airbnb. In August, the New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) approved three of four types of proposed rentals, excluding the controversial practice of renting entire homes and apartments short-term in residential areas. The City Council has a deadline of Oct. 25 to vote on the recommendations laid out in the CPC staff report. If the council declines to vote, the matter could be dead until the next administration.

5. Lawsuit targets

Louisiana State Police

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a 17-year-old Indiana high school student charges Louisiana State Police (LSP) with the unjust use of force and harassment of African-Americans in the French Quarter. In the lawsuit, filed this month in U.S. District Court, attorneys for Lyle Dotson charge that LSP officers grabbed the teenager, frisked him and threatened him with arrest after he had stopped to use his phone in the Quarter last year. He was in town while traveling with his father.

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6. Seeking shelter space District B New Orleans City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell says she has been “shut out” of discussions about the location of a low-barrier homeless shelter planned by Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration.

Landrieu unveiled prospective plans Oct. 3 for the 75- to 100-bed shelter, which could open on Erato Street near Earhart Boulevard and the Claiborne Avenue overpass.

Cantrell proposes the city repurpose the former Temporary Detention Center on Perdido Street, part of the former jail complex.

“The administration chose a site that can’t accommodate those critical co-located services,” Cantrell said in an Oct. 13 statement to Gambit. “We visited the Erato site and it was considered as a temporary location. … Unfortunately, after we recommended the Perdido location, we were shut out of the process and then presented with a shortsighted plan that I could not support,” Cantrell said.

The Landrieu administration will continue community meetings on the proposed shelter through November.

7. Liberating art The activist art collective Liberate Tate, best known for its unsanctioned and guerrilla-ish installations and performances in London’s prestigious Tate galleries, delivers a free “lecture-performance” at Pelican Bomb Gallery X (1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.) at 6 p.m.

Oct. 18 in an event presented by Bureau of Change.

With its work, Liberate Tate advocates against arts institutions receiving funding from oil companies, particularly the Tate galleries’ long-term and controversial relationship with BP, the company deemed largely responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The group once released black

helium balloons tied to dead fish and birds in Tate galleries, and it planted a fake oil spill in the middle of an event celebrating the BP/Tate relationship. The collective’s work has obvious relevance in Louisiana, where oil and gas companies often serve as major sponsors for arts and music events.

8. Orange is the new wrong Nearly 9,000 parking tickets are issued in error each year in New Orleans, according to an October report from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG).

The OIG report claims that errors in 2015 cost the city $190,000 to issue and dismiss — and prevented the city from earning more than $200,000 in revenue. The report concluded that errors typically occur when parking enforcement officers incorrectly enter license plate numbers or hearing dates on citations and that officers ticketed delivery drivers making legal stops.

Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux said the Department of Public Works (DPW) already has taken some corrective measures, including software updates with the city’s vendor, Duncan Solutions.

In an Oct. 11 statement, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s press secretary Hayne Rainey said, “After a thorough review, we have taken the necessary recommended steps to better ensure parking citations are properly issued, which will result in fewer tickets issued in error and save the City money.”

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An original Dixie Cup dies Joan Marie Johnson, who co-founded the Dixie Cups in the early 1960s, died Oct. 2, according to WWL-TV. She was 72. The singer and her cousins, sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100 charts in 1964 with their debut single “Chapel of Love,” followed by hits including the iconic 1965 cover of “Iko Iko,” recorded during an impromptu studio session. Johnson left the group soon after but joined reunion performances, including fan-favorite shows at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

10. Blue Dog voters Louisianans who cast their ballots Nov. 8 will get an “I Voted” sticker with a twist — an image of George Rodrigue’s famous Blue Dog image in front of an American flag.

Stickers will be available at Election Day polling places and early voting locations beginning Oct. 25.

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Dotson was charged with assault of an officer, a charge that later was dropped and expunged, though his name appeared in a November press release announcing 40 drug arrests in the Quarter. According to the lawsuit, police stopped Dotson because they believed he resembled a suspect.

The lawsuit also points to several cases of African-American men in New Orleans whose arrests were part of the “unconstitutional and racially driven policies and practices” of the LSP. Defendants named in the lawsuit include LSP Superintendent Mike Edmonson, LSP Commander Capt. Donovan Archote and three LSP officers.

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Nov. 8 ballot propositions ELECTION DAY, NOV. 8, IS NOW JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY — and early

voting starts next Tuesday, Oct. 25. The ballot in Louisiana features much more than hotly contested presidential and U.S. Senate races.

There are scores of local elections, six proposed state constitutional amendments, and several important ballot propositions in New Orleans.

We begin our election recommendations this week with an examination of the constitutional amendments and local ballot propositions. All propositions appear on the ballot in the form of questions, to be answered either “Yes” or “No.” Voting “Yes” means you support the proposition; voting “No” signals your opposition.

a competitive manner, nor can they raise enough tuition revenue to deliver appropriate education services to their students. While tuition and fee increases would cost more for students and their parents, much of that could be covered by the TOPS program for qualified students or by other grants available to students from families of modest means.

Equally important, passage of the amendment will help provide critical funding for colleges and universities as they struggle to recover from seven consecutive years of draconian cuts — proportionately the highest in the nation — under former Gov. Bobby Jindal and previous legislatures. We urge our readers to vote YES on Amendment 2.

AMENDMENT 1

AMENDMENT 3

Voter Registrars: YES.

Eliminate Corporate Tax Deduction: YES.

This amendment would allow the Legislature to enact qualifications for voter registrars across the state. Registrars are appointed by local governing bodies (typically councils or police juries), and at present there are no professional or work requirements for people who apply for vacant positions. If this amendment is passed, laws recently enacted will take effect and provide minimal requirements for anyone wishing to serve as a voter registrar. We recommend voting YES on this amendment.

AMENDMENT 2 Higher Ed Tuition Authority: YES. Louisiana is the only state in America that requires a two-thirds vote of the legislature to approve tuition and fee increases. In fact, only two states require legislative approval at all. This amendment would allow Louisiana’s higher education management boards to set annual tuitions and fees without legislative approval. According to the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR), our Legislature is “sometimes slow to act,” which puts public universities across the state in a doubly difficult position; they typically cannot price themselves in

Louisiana is one of only three states that allows corporations to deduct the amount paid in federal income taxes from their state income during the same year. This deduction is enshrined in the state constitution.

PAR cites the state Department of Revenue in concluding that this deduction costs the state some $200 million a year in revenue. If this amendment is passed, recently enacted companion legislation would give corporations a trade-off in the form of a flat 6.5 percent corporate income tax rate — down from the highest current rate of 8 percent.

Many companies would not see a major change in state income taxes owed because smaller companies, which are taxed at a lower corporate rate, tend to be LLCs or “S” corporations whose income “flows through” to a small group of owners, who pay the personal income tax rate rather than face double taxation. We recommend voting YES on Amendment 2.

AMENDMENT 4 Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Persons Killed in the Line of Duty: YES. This proposed amendment adds

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AMENDMENT 5 Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund: YES. This amendment would establish a new trust fund into which the state treasurer would deposit a portion of mineral revenues and corporate income and franchise tax revenues above a certain threshold. Interest generated by the trust fund would be allocated to the state General Fund, providing substantial revenue to the state over time — though not any time soon. The trust fund also would help reduce Louisiana’s wildly out-of-control unfunded accrued liability (UAL) for retirement benefits. Over time, dedicating revenues from these fluctuating sources, such as mineral production, helps smooth out revenue volatility and should, in time, improve Louisiana’s credit ratings. Seven other states have established similar funds. We recommend voting YES on Amendment 5.

AMENDMENT 6 Adjusting Thresholds for Tapping Protected Funds: YES. This amendment sounds scary on its face, but it actually should buttress higher education and health care from future draconian cuts. It would make it easier for state lawmakers during tight fiscal times to access certain (not all) dedicated funds in order to more equitably distribute necessary cuts across a variety of

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another exemption to the state constitution for a surviving spouse of a person who died while on active duty. It would apply in cases of death of members of the U.S. armed forces, the Louisiana National Guard, State Police, law enforcement or fire protection officers. Surviving spouses would receive a 100 percent exemption on the full assessed value of their homes. While we generally feel there are too many property tax exemptions, this one is a gesture of public support for widows and widowers whose spouses have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and local communities. We recommend voting YES on Amendment 4.

state programs and reserves. According to PAR, “spreading the pain of cuts across several areas would reduce the severity of the reductions made to any one particular component of the budget” and “buy the Legislature more time to produce comprehensive budget solutions” during lean fiscal years. We recommend voting YES on Amendment 6.

NEW ORLEANS CHARTER AMENDMENT Independence of Inspector General, Police Monitor and Ethics Review Board: YES. After Hurricane Katrina, the City Council created three important ethics entities to bring greater transparency and accountability to City Hall. Unfortunately, two of those agencies — the Inspector General and the Independent Police Monitor — were locked in a public battle last year over their respective roles and budgetary authority. The proposed charter amendment puts an end to that budgetary dispute and further provides a mechanism to “watch the watchdogs.” We recommend our readers in New Orleans vote YES on the City Charter Amendment.

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New Orleans Improvement and Crime Prevention Districts: YES. Voters in four New Orleans neighborhoods will be asked to approve flat fees dedicated to neighborhood improvement and crime prevention. Over the years, special neighborhood districts have boosted citizen confidence in public safety by using self-imposed property fees to pay for increased security patrols and other improvements.

The neighborhoods whose security districts (and the proposed annual fee renewals) are on the ballot Nov. 8 include Lake Forest Estates ($485 a year), Lake Vista ($220 a year), Lakeshore ($360 a year) and Oak Island ($150 a year). The flat fees would be dedicated to improvements and security within the defined neighborhood districts. We recommend voters in those respective neighborhoods say YES to the crime prevention districts.

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Hey Blake, A guest sent us a photo of this poster from a Roy Orbison concert at the Audubon Zoo. Unfortunately we can’t seem to find a record of the year. Can you help? It looks like it was a fantastic show!

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Dear Chimene, Fans who turned out for that Roy Orbison concert at the Audubon Zoo probably had no idea it would be among the musician’s last performances. His May 22, 1988 concert at the zoo with Three Dog Night came just seven months before his death Dec. 6, 1988 at age 52.

Orbison’s show was advertised in The Times-Picayune as part of a “Rhythm and Zoos” concert series to inaugurate the zoo’s Hibernia Bank Pavilion, which was built in 1983 and remodeled in 1988. Among the acts playing there in the 1980s were James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, The Beach Boys and The Bangles. The pavilion (now the Capital One Stage) also is the setting for Irma Thomas’ annual Mother’s Day concert.

Orbison’s first local appearance likely was a 1956 concert at the Municipal Auditorium, which came months after he signed with the legendary Sun Records label. The show featured Johnny Cash and Johnny “Battle of New Orleans” Horton. Orbison also made an August 1962 appearance at Pontchartrain Beach.

He did two shows in January 1982 at Richie’s 3-D club in Kenner. Reviewing the show in The Times-Picayune, Bunny Matthews called the singer, his dark clothes and sunglasses “eccentric” and said “he smiled a bit, strummed the guitar and slipped into a trance.” Still, Matthews wrote, “Orbison’s singing is as rich as chocolate mousse.” In 1983, Orbison kicked off a three-year run at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In 1984, 2,250 people boarded the riverboat President to see him perform a Jazz Fest night concert. In 1987, he performed at the opening of the Hard Rock Cafe on Decatur Street. The next year, in addition to playing the zoo, he rode in the Endymion parade and performed at the krewe’s Extravaganza at the Superdome. Endymion had other star power that year, with grand marshals Dolly Parton, Heather Locklear, Smokey Robinson, Gloria Estefan and Bud Light beer mascot Spuds MacKenzie.

BLAKEVIEW THIS WEEK (OCT. 19) WILL BRING THE FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN LIKE NO OTHER. Did you know a Louisiana native mod-

erated the very first televised debate in 1960? He was Howard K. Smith, born in 1914 in Ferriday (also the hometown of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart). Smith moved to New Orleans when he was 5 and graduated from Fortier High School and later Tulane University. One of his first jobs in journalism was at The New Orleans Item. He left in 1937 and went overseas, where he became one of CBS’ famed Edward R. “Murrow boys” during World War II. As a top CBS correspondent, Smith was chosen as moderator of the 1960 John F. Kennedy-Richard Nixon debate. He wrote in his 1996 memoir that he thought Nixon performed “marginally better” than Kennedy, though television audiences gave the edge to the more-telegenic JFK. Smith moved to ABC in 1962 as anchor and analyst. He retired in 1979 and died in 2002.

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Louisiana’s Senate race draws a record crowd of 24 candidates.

Anything can happen in the wide-open Nov. 8 primary.

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HE ELECTION TO SUCCEED U.S. SEN. DAVID VITTER, R-METAIRIE, HAS ATTRACTED A RECORDSETTING 24 CANDIDATES for the

Nov. 8 primary — nine Republicans, seven Democrats, six no-party or independent candidates and two Libertarians. The five or six bestfinanced candidates are bunched together atop the latest independent polls and have garnered the lion’s share of voters’ attention.

The exceptionally large field has forced major candidates to focus on shoring up their geopolitical bases rather than chasing crossover votes.

It also has fostered intraparty attacks — particularly among the Republicans — as candidates fight for votes

among the same segments of Louisiana’s conservative electorate.

The leading GOP candidates include U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Lafayette, U.S. Rep. John Fleming of Minden, state Treasurer John Kennedy and retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness, both of Madisonville. Also garnering lots of national attention — but not nearly as much local support — is former Ku Klux Klan leader and neo-Nazi David Duke.

Two Democrats lead their party’s field — Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell of Bossier City and attorney Caroline Fayard of New Orleans.

Also trying to make his presence felt as an independent is former state Sen. Troy Hebert of Jeanerette. He

has filed two lawsuits so far over how his candidacy has been treated.

One was filed — and later withdrawn — against a pollster who mistakenly identified him as a Republican, while the other was lodged against televised debate organizers for excluding him from the stage. The other candidates include former U.S. Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, R-New Orleans, who doesn’t seem to have an actual campaign structure, and 15 other lesser-knowns. Among them are dark horse Democrat Josh Pellerin, an Acadiana oil executive who still could end up spending loads of his own money, and New Orleans businessman Abhay Patel, a newcomer who has made impressive inroads with PAGE 14

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“The field got carried away and nobody wanted to step out,” says Roy Fletcher, a Baton Rouge media consultant. “Nobody is breaking out of the pack because no one is saying anything. Somebody is going to have to get out there and say something, do something.”

On the Republican side, Boustany, Fleming, Kennedy and Maness have lobbed verbal bombs at each other — and a super PAC supporting Kennedy has torched the TV airwaves with attack ads aimed at Boustany and Fleming. Maness and Fleming, in particular, are competing for far-right conservative voters.

In the 2014 U.S. Senate election, Vitter helped clear the field of Republican candidates, which factored heavily into U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s victory over then-Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Democrat. No such mastermind is scripting this year’s race in either political party, and the sheer volume of high-profile candidates is keeping many top GOP officials from making endorsements in the primary.

Not so on the Democratic side.

Fayard has the support of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Mary Landrieu, while Campbell has the all-out backing of Gov. John Bel Edwards. That split among the state’s leading Democrats has made it difficult for either Fayard or Campbell, whose campaigns have a frosty relationship, to grab the party’s official endorsement.

The split loyalties in both mainline parties also make it impossible for any one candidate to reap the full benefits of coordinated campaign efforts by national Republicans or Democrats. Besides, even after committing some colossal gaffes, Donald Trump is expected to carry Louisiana easily. That will leave Senate candidates on their own to turn out their bases on Election Day. Many political observers have cast the Nov. 8 ballot as two mini-primaries — one for Democrats, one for Republicans and conservatives — playing out inside Louisiana’s storied “jungle” primary. Unlike most states, Louisiana uses an open primary system in which all candidates run against each other on the first ballot.

If no one gets more than 50 percent on Nov. 8, the top two finishers will advance to the Dec. 10 runoff, regardless of party. With so many candidates competing in the primary, a runoff is virtually a certainty, which means Louisiana will be the last state to choose its new senator.

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which contrasts sharply with the closed primaries held almost everywhere else in America. Closed primaries are limited to candidates of a particular party.

The Bayou State’s open primary system tends to favor the extremes on opposite ends of the political spectrum and therefore often leads to a left-versus-right (Democrat-versus-Republican) showdown in the runoff. That may not be the case in the Senate race, however, because of the large field of candidates and the crowded GOP field.

State Sen. Norby Chabert of Houma, a former political consultant, says the typical runoff scenario is “not a guarantee” this time.

“If anything, what’s happening now is actually emphasizing the jungle nature of the way we do things,” he said, echoing the speculation in many quarters that, despite our state’s Republican leanings, we could see an allDemocrat runoff.

Fletcher, having reviewed the permutations, agrees. “I don’t think we should ignore that possibility,” he says.

ISSUE That outcome would be a nightmare for the GOP, and the chances of that nightmare becoming a reality increase as front-running Republicans play it safe on the issues in order to protect their respective bases around the state. For example, all are pro-life, pro-gun, pro-oil, anti-Obama, anti-Hillary Clinton, anti-union and, of course, proTrump — though some may be less enthusiastic in their support of the GOP presidential nominee after his latest pronouncements.

The same could be said of the leading Democrats, except there are only two of them to divide the 40-42 percent of the electorate that reliably votes “D” in national elections. On the Republican side, at least four major candidates — plus at least two more with 5-8 percent of the vote on average — will be competing for the other 5860 percent of the vote. Add to that another 5 to 8 percent gobbled up by the 15 or more also-rans and it’s easy to see how “jungle” is an apt political metaphor in Louisiana this year.

According to averages from the most recent public polls, no candidate has a more consolidated geographic base than Boustany.

His hold on the Acadiana vote is the strongest in the field and has tightened significantly after extensive media buys. He has the added advantage of a congressional district that touches four of the state’s seven major media markets — including two of the three largest in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Boustany’s opponents face a difficult decision: either go into Acadiana and try to compete, or try to contain Boustany to

Acadiana and cut off his growth elsewhere.

They may be helped by accusations in a recently published book about a killing spree in Jefferson Davis Parish, where eight women’s murders remain unsolved. Citing unnamed sources, author Ethan Brown claims in Murder in the Bayou that Boustany was a client of several murdered prostitutes, though he makes it clear the congressman is not suspected of having anything to do with their deaths. Boustany vigorously denied the accusations and has sued Brown and publisher Simon & Schuster for defamation — and accused Kennedy of promoting media coverage of Brown’s allegations.

Fleming likewise has a strong regional hold in northwest Louisiana. He also has benefited from a massive television buy. Unlike Boustany, who has doubled down on firming up his Acadiana base, Fleming has spread his media barrages from Shreveport to metro New Orleans. He aims to run the right of the rest of the field, but even that narrow patch of political real estate is crowded.

Kennedy has a split base: the Northshore and greater Baton Rouge, though he has run statewide more than any of the other candidates.

Fayard, from New Orleans, and Campbell, from northwest Louisiana, have very different regional strengths and have tried to gain ground on each other’s home turf.

Campbell’s campaign gets traditional Democratic support among teacher unions, while Fayard’s campaign has the backing of many young progressives in the party and pro-charter school organizations. They are competing fiercely for Democratic votes in New Orleans, where Fayard has the mayor’s support. But many other politicos and groups are backing Campbell.

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candidates at every level will be competing for voters’ attention against a presidential race like no other.

“It’s going to have to happen on TV, in commercials,” Fletcher says. “It won’t happen anywhere else.”

Such is the law of the political jungle.

Jeremy Alford is the editor and publisher of LaPolitics. com. Follow him on Twitter @ LaPoliticsNow.

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A CRUCIAL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION Three Orleans Parish School Board seats are up for grabs as the board prepares to resume oversight of state-run local schools.

BY ROBERT MORRIS | @UPTOWNMESSENGER

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over the business of public education than it has had for more than a decade — at a crucial time in the history of New Orleans’ schools.

Paradoxically, fewer than half of New Orleans voters will have any opportunity to decide who makes those decisions, because only three of the seven OPSB races will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.

All of the city’s Recovery School District schools are slated to return to oversight by the OPSB during the coming three years, with their individual charter structures intact.

The OPSB has drafted a $20 million plan to unify the two districts, but many of the details have yet to be drawn.

The vast majority of New Orleans’ public schools were placed under state control via the Recovery School District after Hurricane Katrina in response to “failing” grades for the schools. In recent years, pressure has mounted to put all local public schools back under the authority of the school board, which has steadily improved the district’s finances and bond rating.

For many parents and education activists, the primary change involved in the return of schools to the control of the OPSB is that the governing body overseeing them will be locally elected rather than

an agency comprised of unelected appointees based in Baton Rouge.

While day-to-day management of the schools will remain with the charter organizations, those organizations will answer to the OPSB instead of the Recovery School District — and the OPSB will have increased control over many centralized services, such as enrollment, discipline, special education and more.

Two of the board’s seven seats will be held by incumbents who were re-elected without opposition.

Retired teacher John Brown Sr. will continue to represent New Orleans East in the District 1 seat. Sarah Usdin, founder of the New Schools for New Orleans nonprofit that supports charter schools, will hold onto the District 3 seat that covers MidCity, Lakeview and the lakefront.

Meanwhile, two newcomers will join the board without having to endure contested elections.

Urban League of Greater New Orleans executive Ethan Ashley won the Gentilly-based District 2 seat after incumbent Cynthia Cade was disqualified for failing to file taxes. Ben Kleban, founder of the New Orleans College Prep charter network, will assume the Uptown-based District 5 seat after incumbent Seth Bloom chose not to run for re-election and the other contender, Eldon Anderson, withdrew.

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District 4 INCUMBENT LESLIE ELLISON,

an education activist, faces Walter Perique Umrani of the New Orleans Peacekeepers, a group that addresses behavioral issues in schools.

(Attorney Morris “Moe” Reed Jr. had filed to challenge Ellison for the seat, but announced he was suspending his campaign in August to focus on his law career following a controversy over comments he made on Facebook about police shootings.)

The board will oversee not only the unification of central services such as enrollment and discipline, but also negotiations over specific charter-school contracts, Ellison said. That work is already underway, she said, and will continue the gains already shown by the district. “You can always improve, but I’m seeing a lot of adjustments being made to accommodate the diverse community that we serve,” Ellison said.

Umrani declined Gambit’s call and asked for questions by email. He did not respond by press time.

LESLIE ELLISON (top) faces WALTER PERIQUE UMRANI in the District 4 race.

District 6 INCUMBENT WOODY KOPPEL,

a real estate developer, faces a single≈challenger, David Alvarez, who runs the educational consulting company Evaluation Insight and serves in the leadership of the Carrollton-Riverbend Neighborhood Association.

Koppel has support from much of the city’s political and civic leadership. He says his focus in the next four years will be ensuring an “orderly transition” of RSD schools back to OPSB control and making sure all are operating according to the same standards. Individual schools should report their finances the same way, he says, adding that the board must closely monitor the condition and lifespan of all school buildings. He also anticipates issues such as bus wait times, admissions and holiday calendars as unification unfolds. “Everything falls into this one unification argument.

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Education consultant DAVID ALVAREZ (lower top) is vying to unseat real estate developer and incumbent WOODY KOPPEL in the District 6 contest.

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I think there will be a lot more camaraderie,” Koppel said.

Alvarez, who touts endorsements from the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee as well as local teachers’ and workers’ unions, said that while the school board incumbents campaign on the growth in the local schools’ performance scores, those numbers overlook students’ needs that are still unmet.

Rather than disposing of its empty buildings, the school board should be more creative in using them to add more schools and new models to underserved neighborhoods, Alvarez said. “We have to quit listening to certain narratives as though they are ultimate universal truths, when we have yet to bring about the system-wide improvement that we should expect,” Alvarez said.

District 7 INCUMBENT NOLAN MARSHALL JR.

faces two challengers: Alvin Crusto Jr. and Kwame Smith.

Smith, a McDonogh 35 High School teacher who ran against Marshall four years ago, said he wanted to seek the seat again in order to reduce the board influence of special interests such as charter operators. The unification process has ceded too much power to the unelected charter boards instead of the OPSB, he said, and the enrollment zones are too large to serve neighborhoods.

“We should not only be looking at shifting failing schools to another charter,” Smith said. “The portfolio model may work in some cases, but not all. You can’t think that you’re just going to reproduce what you’re doing at one school at another school, and there’s not enough honest discussion around that.”

Crusto, a retired teacher and school leader with decades of experience in Orleans Parish schools, said he wants to see stronger control over disciplinary policy to reduce expulsions of black males, as well more support for special-education services, major improvements to the district’s “messed up” transportation system, and better access to neighborhood schools. He decided to run, he said, because of what he saw as subpar representation on the board over the last decade.

“They only operated nine schools, which showed a little bit of increase, but I don’t think it was enough to say we did a great job,” Crusto said.

Like the other incumbents, Marshall said his top priority is policy

Incumbent District 7 board member NOLAN MARSHALL JR. (top) is fighting to keep his seat against challengers ALVIN CRUSTO JR. (center) and KWAME SMITH, both educators.

that will accompany unification of the schools. For example, he wants to examine OPSB policies regarding geographical preferences for admissions, perhaps allowing schools in underserved areas to take more neighborhood children and reduce reliance on busing as well as directing more money back to classrooms. Crucial to the process, Marshall said, is ensuring community members feel they have a say in the return to local control.

“I’m pleased with the fact that it’s happening. It may not be happening the way I think is best, but that doesn’t matter,” Marshall said.

“We are where we are, and we are in the process of unifying the district, which is the most important thing.”

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N ADDITION TO RED-HOT NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE RACES, the Nov. 8 ballot also

features contested elections for Congress — as well as judicial contests in New Orleans, special municipal elections in Kenner, and a handful of statewide and local referenda.

The local races for Congress at one time loomed as donnybrooks, but since have devolved into lowkey affairs.

In Congressional District 1, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, faces six relative unknowns — none of them Republicans — after former Ku Klux Klan leader and neo-Nazi David Duke opted to run for the Senate. Duke, a Republican who is roundly denounced by GOP leaders, at one point said he would challenge Scalise.

“I was prepared to raise millions of dollars to run against Duke,” Scalise said, “but when he jumped into the Senate race, things really calmed down.” The incumbent says he looks forward to his next term, when he plans to focus on important local issues such as renewing the National Flood Insurance Program (set to expire next September), securing more relief for south Louisiana in the wake of the August flood, and increasing Louisiana’s share of offshore mineral revenues as part of a larger plan to restore the state’s fragile coastline. So far, none of his announced opponents has mounted a campaign or even filed a finance report.

The District 2 contest likewise looked to be hotly contested be-

tween incumbent Democrat Cedric Richmond of New Orleans and Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden, also a Democrat. Holden qualified but has not mounted anything that resembles an aggressive campaign.

Meanwhile, Democrat Kenneth Cutno also is running. Without much to contend with in the home precincts, Richmond has spent considerable time helping Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president.

In New Orleans, two judgeships are on the ballot — one for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal and one at Criminal District Court.

The appellate court contest pits two trial court judges against each other: Civil District Court Judge Regina Bartholomew-Woods and Criminal District Court Judge Laurie White. The race for Criminal Court judge has three candidates: appeals court Judge Paul Bonin and attorneys Kevin Guillory and Dennis Moore.

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ENNER VOTERS WILL FILL TWO IMPORTANT MUNICIPAL POSTS in a special elec-

tion for mayor and at-large city council member. Those jobs became available after Mike Yenni, the former mayor, won the 2015 election for Jefferson Parish president and Keith Conley, former at-large Kenner councilman, joined Yenni’s team.

The mayor’s race features several high-profile Kenner politicos: Jefferson Parish Councilman Ben Zahn and three current Kenner City Council members — Gregory Carroll, Maria DeFrancesch and Keith

Reynaud. Also running is political activist Al Morella. In the wake of Yenni’s sexting scandal — and considering his former post as Kenner’s mayor — the controversy surrounding the embattled parish president could become a major issue in the special mayoral election.

Also in Kenner, state Rep. Tom Willmott, R-Kenner, and Victor Amstutz, a retired Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office commander, will face each other for the at-large Division B council seat.

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TATEWIDE, SIX CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE BALLOT. They range

from the mundane (registrar of voters qualifications) to hotly debated fiscal matters such as college tuition-setting authority and corporate income tax policy. For details of each amendment — and Gambit’s recommendations — see Commentary, p.10.

Locally, four neighborhood crime prevention districts are up for voter approval in New Orleans, as is a proposed City Charter amendment clarifying the relationship between (and funding for) the Office of Inspector General, the Independent Police Monitor and the city’s Ethics Review Board. These propositions likewise are analyzed in our Commentary.

Additional information about the constitutional amendments and local ballot propositions is available from the League of Women Voters of New Orleans at www.lwvno.org.

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Wine and Frances

Asian grill CHEF MARCUS JACOBS AND CAITLIN CARNEY WILL OPEN MARJIE’S GRILL

(320 N. Broad St.), a restaurant inspired by outheast Asian barbecue by year’s end.

The couple runs the pop-up restaurant Sparklehorse (www. facebook.com/sparklehorsewok).

They describe Marjie’s as a casual spot that will serve dishes inspired by the roadside barbecue they discovered while traveling in Thailand, Vietnam and Laos last year.

The couple met while working at Herbsaint, where Jacobs was the executive sous chef and Carney works as a server.

Bar Frances focuses on wine and small plates

BY H E L E N F R E U N D @helenfreund

THE PAIRING OF WINE AND FOOD LARGELY HAS BEEN MAROONED AT THE DINNER TABLE. But throw in

a bar, and the concept gets more casual and often, more fun.

In recent years, chef-driven wine bars where the food vies for the spotlight have emerged as a popular alternative to more formal dining.

The newly opened Bar Frances takes a hybrid approach, where diners can sit down for a full meal or cozy up to the bar for a snack and a glass of wine or two. P.J. Rosenberg, who worked at Martin Wine Cellar, and Mark Latter, owner of Tujague’s and co-owner of Bin 428, assembled an impressively long wine list that outnumbers the food options.

The restaurant occupies a sleek modern space on Freret Street.

The menu favors light and delicate dishes, and microgreens and edible flowers decorate many plates.

Every wine bar seems to offer a plate of deliciously thick-cut french fries served with aioli, and there is a version here too. Castelvetrano olives are warmed and speckled with orange zest. Blistered shishito peppers, the now ubiquitous wine bar hit, are roasted until barely charred, their skins bubbling, glistening with olive oil and flecked with fat crystals of sea salt.

The menu includes many vegetarian dishes, which is a nice touch, given that vegetarian-driven restaurants are too rare in this town. One dish mimics tartare, swapping beets for beef, and the perfectly uniform squares are stacked in the classic

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cylindrical shape. Topped with a dollop of grainy pickled mustard seed and served with a side of orange sweet potato chips, the dish is a fun, colorful mix of sweet and earthy flavors, with a touch of salt, crunch and brine. Heirloom tomatoes are tossed with cucumbers and fermented fennel, which adds a good bit of zing to an otherwise straightforward salad, and the mix tops a creamy spread of goat cheese. Mushroom toast features a mix of grilled shiitakes and pickled honshimejis, piled high on a thick and crusty slice of Bellegarde Bakery bread.

Not everything on the menu succeeds. I was excited at the prospect of an endive salad topped with walnut puree, but the gray, pasty spread was bitter. The dish was partially salvaged by sweet plump candy cane beets. And although the Southwestern flavors of a charred pork belly and succotash dish worked well, the large wedges of pork were overwhelmingly fatty.

Though the menu is more focused on small plates, there are some

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mushroom toast, fries with aioli, roasted chicken

Olives and charcuterie are among the small plates options at Bar Frances.

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entrees, including Provencal-style roasted chicken, which arrives with crisp, golden-brown skin and juicy white meat. The chicken is sprinkled with bacon and served with smashed potatoes and haricots verts speckled with herbs.

Though wine is the cornerstone of Bar Frances, its raison d’etre also rests on the kitchen. There is room for growth on the menu, but the creative and increasingly expansive array of dishes — the restaurant recently added brunch service — make a strong case for its cuisine.

Bar Frances makes it possible to enjoy both in a casual and pleasant setting.

Email Helen Freund at helensfreund@gmail.com

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bitter walnut puree in endive salad

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sleek Freret Street wine bar where vegetarian dishes vie for the spotlight

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For two years with Sparklehorse, Jacobs has used a mobile grill to prepare dishes such as grilled ribs and chili and garlic-tinged Gulf shrimp for bar patrons and at outdoor parties.

He named the grill Lucy and uses it to make Santa Maria-style barbecue, a method common in Santa Barbara and on California’s Central Coast, where an iron grate is adjusted to different levels over open coals to control the cooking temperature of different cuts of meat.

Jacobs says Marjie’s will offer a large selection of slow-grilled meats, including lamb, chicken, pork and beef, as well as flash-grilled seafood and vegetables.

The menu isn’t final but it will incorporate Southern and regional dishes and local, seasonal ingredients. Jacobs describes one dish as “somewhere between New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp and Malaysian curry.” In it, Gulf

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Slow-grilled beets are smashed, tossed with Steen’s vinegar and molasses and topped with sesame seeds. Charred mustard greens are drizzled with citrus and topped with shaved Gulf bottarga.

Jacobs says he expects to use a lot of fresh herbs, chili, garlic, fish sauce, lemon grass and local honey.

They plan to open the restaurant in late November or December. It will serve lunch and dinner.

The space, formerly occupied by the Latin restaurant Lupita’s, has been vacant since 2014. The dining room will seat 40, and there will be space on the patio for 30 people.

“We want it to feel like a neighborhood restaurant, or like you’re your coming into our backyard,” Jacobs says. — HELEN FREUND

MayPho MAYPOP (611 O’Keefe Ave.), a

spinoff of chef Michael Gulotta’s (pictured) popular Mid-City restaurant MoPho (514 City Park Ave., 504-482-6845; www.mophonola. com), will open later this year in the Warehouse District. The new spot is named for a passionflower native to southeast Louisiana and will focus on a marriage of Southeast Asian and Southern flavors.

“We’re kind of cooking whatever we want to eat,” Gulotta says.

“It’s going to be a little bit more polished than MoPho — someplace where we can be a little more agile and flexible.”

The restaurant will take over the space formerly occupied by Ursa Major in the South Market District development. The concept is very similar to Gulotta’s Mid-City restaurant, and Maypop’s menu will feature many of the specials tried at MoPho, Gulotta says. Taking a cue from Gulotta’s Italian restaurant Tana, inside the Tulane Avenue bar Treo, the menu will be heavy on house-made pastas, often featuring locally milled grains.

Chilled buckwheat noodles might be served with Alabama peaches and Louisiana blue crab, and wok-fried tapioca egg noodles might be tossed with Gulf shrimp and turmeric curry, Gulotta says.

The kitchen will use house-cured charcuterie in several dishes.

Gulotta, who once helmed the

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kitchen as chef de cuisine at John Besh’s August, has garnered widespread accolades in recent years, including being named a Best New Chef by Food & Wine magazine earlier this year.

Maypop will serve lunch and dinner. — HELEN FREUND

Kyoto and Tryst close TRYST AND KYOTO HAVE CLOSED.

Tryst (4128 Magazine St.), which changed its name from Saveur in August, closed Oct. 13. Owner Kimble Donington-Smith ran several restaurant concepts at the space, including the casual Baie Rouge, which opened in 2013, and later Saveur, a fine dining affair with chef Dominique Macquet running the kitchen.

At press time, longtime sushi restaurant Kyoto (4920 Prytania St.) was scheduled to close following dinner service on Oct. 15.

The Uptown restaurant opened in 1995. Its closing follows the death of longtime owner Sara Moloney in February from complications due to cancer. She was 56.

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James Martin FILMMAKER JAMES MARTIN FIRST STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAZERAC COCKTAIL A FEW YEARS AGO when he launched www.thesipolo-

gist.com, a blog on which he explores cocktail culture and its history. His short film The New Orleans Sazerac screened at the New Orleans Film Festival. Martin spoke with Gambit about the iconic New Orleans cocktail and his research.

You’re working on a series of short films about cocktails. Why did you start with the Sazerac?

MARTIN: When I started the website a few years ago, it was basically a way for me to learn about cocktails and write about them.

I really like cocktails, but I didn’t really know what the ingredients were or where they came from.

One of the first things I ever wrote about was the Sazerac. ... I wanted to spotlight the city and talk about the drink, and in doing so I started diving into the history and went from there.

One thing unique about the Sazerac is that it can be created with ingredients that come from within a 2-mile radius of New Orleans, including the sugar. Other cities with similar (iconic) drinks don’t really have that, and the Sazerac is one of the few drinks in the world where that can happen.

What did you discover about the Sazerac?

M: One thing that’s really great about the Sazerac and New Orleans, generally, is that there is a ton of people who write about it … so there were many different sources for the history of the Sazerac ... (and) some things that disagree with each other.

One of the pieces of folklore is the idea that the Sazerac cocktail was always made with rye whiskey.

Other people say that it was made with cognac or brandy that was imported to the U.S. some 50 years before the Sazerac became branded. There are people who declare that using Herbsaint (instead of absinthe) is the only way that a Sazerac should be made. You have a lot of fun variations taking place where bartenders are playing around with both recipes and trying to work the middle ground.

(In the film) we interview three different bartenders in New

Orleans, and they all had different recipes. I interviewed Abigail Gullo (Compere Lapin), Paul Gustings (Broussard’s) and Kirk Estopinal (Cure). Abigail’s, for example, is one that uses cognac and rye whiskey, and she also uses Peychaud’s Bitters and cane syrup.

For any ingredient within the Sazerac, there’s an argument for using it. … It’s not that there should only be one answer for it. I think what makes it so incredible is that you can go to five different bars in New Orleans and have five different really great Sazeracs.

There is one that I lean towards based on the research I’ve done and the research that a lot of these experts have done: rye whiskey as the base with absinthe, Peychaud’s Bitters and a sugar cube muddled with the bitters.

How is writing about cocktail culture different from producing films about it?

M: When you’re writing about cocktails or spirits, there’s an element of control over what your research patterns are or what your sources might be or even your writing process. You may be able to take six months to really dive into something. When you’re working on a film, you’re going to have that development period ... but then you’re dependant on the crew and the talent in the story, and that’s when it becomes a completely different monster. Now, you’re hiring a crew and you’re traveling to these cities and you’re interviewing these subjects and you’re hoping that they look good on camera. ... It’s nice because you can share that vision with people who wouldn’t necessarily buy a magazine and read a story on the Sazerac, but they would potentially watch the film ... so you’re able to introduce people to a story they wouldn’t have heard of otherwise.

— HELEN FREUND

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Angel’s Envy bourbon and barbecue dinner 7 p.m. Wednesday Revel Cafe & Bar, 133 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-6122 www.revelcafeandbar.com The dinner features Chris McMillian’s bourbon cocktails made with Angel’s Envy bourbon and tastings of several Angel’s Envy bottlings.

The menu includes applewood-smoked chicken skins, smoked Gulf fish tostada, Angel’s Envy bourbon- and ginger-glazed Berkshire baby back ribs and applewood-fired adobo shrimp and more. The meal costs $100 including tax and tip.

OCTOBER 20

Oktoberfest at St. James Cheese Company 7:30 p.m. Thursday St. James Cheese Company, 641 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 304-1485 www.stjamescheese.com The tasting features German cheeses, house-made sausages, desserts, beer, German-style wines and schnapps. There are beers from NOLA Brewing Company, Bayou Teche Brewing, St. Arnold Brewing Company, Great Raft Brewing and Ayinger Brewery. Tickets $50.

OCTOBER 22

Barktoberfest 2:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday Dat Dog, 3336 Magazine St., (504) 324-2226 www.datdog.com The event features food and drink specials, pet costume contests, games, a DJ and a raffle and benefits Zeus’ Place. Specials include beer brats and pretzels with beer-infused cheese dip. Contests include best costume, owner/dog look-alike and ugliest dog. The contests begin at 3 p.m. Register at www.datdogcostumecontest.eventbrite.com.

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Middendorf’s 30160 Highway 51 S., Manchac, (985) 386-6666 www.middendorfsrestaurant.com On Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19-20, a German entree special features wiener schnitzel, dumplings, salad and a pretzel.

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“We believe that area of the world has contributed much more than just marzens to our craft beer world, and we like to celebrate all the traditional German styles by tapping as many as we can get our hands on,” says Avenue Pub owner Polly Watts.

Anstich beers are unpasteurized and come from small family breweries in northern Germany’s Franconia region. The kegs are tapped via “gravity pour,” with no carbon dioxide added to carbonate or force out the beer.

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Daisy Dukes — 121 Chartres St., (504) 5615171; 123 Carondelet St., (504) 522-2233; 5209 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 883-5513; www.daisydukesrestaurant.com — No reservations. New Orleans locations are open 24 hours. West Napoleon Avenue: Breakfast and lunch Wed.-Sun., dinner Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $

BAR & GRILL The American Sector — 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1950; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ The Rivershack Tavern — 3449 River Road, (504) 834-4938; www.therivershacktavern.com — No reservations.

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CHINESE August Moon — 3635 Prytania St., (504) 899-5129; www.moonnola.com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Five Happiness — 3511 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 482-3935; www.fivehappiness. com — Delivery available. Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Dis & Dem — Rue St. Louis Bar, 814 St. Louis St., (504) 509-7092; www. disanddem.com — No reservations.

Banks Street: breakfast Sat.-Sun., lunch Tue.-Sun. St. Louis St.: lunch, dinner and late-night daily.Credit cards. $

Angelo Brocato’s — 214 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1465; www.angelobrocatoicecream.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $

Antoine’s Annex — 513 Royal St., (504) 525-8045; www.antoines.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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Tres Bon Cajun Meats — 10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, (504) 405-5355; www.tresbonmeats.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Red Gravy — 125 Camp St., (504) 5618844; www.redgravycafe.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and brunch Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$

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Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant — 201 Julia St., (504) 522-1492; www.mulates.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Cafe NOMA — New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins C. Diboll Circle, (504) 482-1264; www.cafenoma. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Fri. Credit cards. $ The Delachaise — 3442 St. Charles Ave., (504) 895-0858; www.thedelachaise.com — No reservations. Lunch Fri.-Sun., dinner and late-night daily.

Credit cards. $$ Lakeview Brew Coffee Cafe — 5606 Canal Blvd., (504) 483-7001 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Pearl Wine Co. — 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314; www.pearlwineco.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Chez Pierre French Bakery & Cafe — 3208 Clearview Parkway, Metairie, (504) 467-3176; www.chezpierreneworleans. com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

CONTEMPORARY Bayona — 430 Dauphine St., (504) 5254455; www.bayona.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Brown Butter Southern Kitchen & Bar — 231 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite C, (504) 609-3871; www.brownbutterrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat., brunch SatSun. Credit cards. $$ Chais Delachaise — 7708 Maple St., (504) 510-4509; www.chaisdelachaise. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sat.-Sun., early dinner Mon.-Fri., dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Suis Generis — 3219 Burgundy St., (504) 309-7850; www.suisgeneris. com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Dinner Wed.-Sun., latenight Thu.-Sat., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards accepted. $$

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CREOLE Antoine’s Restaurant — 713 St. Louis St., (504) 581-4422; www.antoines.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner Mon-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Bar Redux — 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat., dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $$ Brennan’s New Orleans — 417 Royal St., (504) 525-9711; www.brennansneworleans.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast and lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Cafe Gentilly — 5325 Franklin Ave., (504) 281-4220; www.facebook.com/ cafegentilly — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $ The Landing Restaurant — Crowne Plaza, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, (504) 467-5611; www.neworleansairporthotel.com — No reservations.

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Credit cards. $$ MeMe’s Bar & Grille — 712 W. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, (504) 644-4992; www.memesbareandgrille.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$$ Messina’s Runway Cafe — 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., (504) 241-5300; www. messinasterminal.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Breakfast and lunch daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Palace Cafe — 605 Canal St., (504) 523-1661; www.palacecafe.com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Roux on Orleans — Bourbon Orleans, 717 Orleans Ave., (504) 571-4604; www. bourbonorleans.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, dinner Tue.Sun. Credit cards. $$ Tableau — 616 St. Peter St., (504) 934-3463; www.tableaufrenchquarter. com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sat.-Sun. $$$ Willie Mae’s Scotch House — 2401 St. Ann St., (504) 822-9503 — No reservations. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

DELI Bagels & Bytes — 1001 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 831-7968; www.bagelsandbytes.com — No reservations.

Breakfast, lunch and early dinner Mon.Sat. Credit cards. $ Kosher Cajun New York Deli & Grocery — 3519 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-2010; www.koshercajun.com — No reservations. Lunch Sun.-Thu., dinner Mon.-Thu. Credit cards. $ Martin Wine Cellar — 714 Elmeer Ave., Metairie, (504) 896-7350; 2895 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (985) 951-8081; 3827 Baronne St., (504) 899-7411; www. martinwine.com — No reservations.

Breakfast and lunch daily, early dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Qwik Chek Deli & Catering — 2018 Clearview Pkwy., Metairie, (504) 4566362 — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $ Welty’s Deli — 336 Camp St., (504) 592-0223; www.weltysdeli.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Fri. Credit cards. $ PAGE 32

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Cafe Degas — 3127 Esplanade Ave., (504) 945-5635; www.cafedegas.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Wed.-Sat., dinner Wed.-Sun., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $

Andrea’s Restaurant — 3100 N. 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www. andreasrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

GOURMET TO GO

Mosca’s — 4137 Hwy. 90 W., Westwego, (504) 436-8950; www.moscasrestaurant. com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Tue.-Sat. Cash only. $$$

Breaux Mart — Citywide; www. breauxmart.com — No reservations.

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Nonna Mia Cafe & Pizzeria — 3125 Esplanade Ave., (504) 948-1717; www. nonnamia.net — Reservations accepted.

Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Specialty Italian Bistro — 2330 Belle Chasse Hwy., Gretna, (504) 391-1090; www.specialtyitalianbistro.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Vincent’s Italian Cuisine — 4411 Chastant St., Metairie, (504) 885-2984; 7839 St. Charles Ave., (504) 866-9313; www.vincentsitaliancuisine.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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light onto the faces of the new practitioners seated around me.

“You sit, you follow the breath and you watch what comes up in your mind and your heart,” Bono said. “You stick with it; you don’t push it away.”

We learned the posture. Each participant sat on a firm cushion, cross-legged, hands upward and folded over each other, thumb tips touching. Bono encouraged us to be patiently aware of our form. If we found ourselves slouching or our fingertips slackening, we were to guide ourselves back to form gently and without judgment.

“It’s not just about being spiritual or enlightened or exempt from suffering,” Bono said. “It’s about being able to understand your own suffering and other people’s suffering.”

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Francisco Zen Center from 2005 to 2011. The course of study involved a lot of meditation, but Bono emphasized the community element of the monastery.

“We spent a lot of time taking care of the land or the buildings or each other, cooking and farming,” says Bono, who lived in New Orleans prior to 2005, then moved back in 2011 to lead Mid City Zen. “For me, the main benefits of meditation are being a good community member and being able to have compassion for yourself and other people because you’re having to look at your own mind and heart.”

She’s not the only one helping the ancient practice attract a wider base in New Orleans.

Dr. Jose Calderon, who is board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine, founded the Mind-Body Center of Louisiana in 2009. It’s a nonprofit organization devoted to integrating mind-body techniques into the larger framework of health care. He also runs the Mindful Living Program, a private

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ON A QUIET STREET TUCKED BEHIND THE FAIR GROUNDS RACE COURSE, there is a little house with several pairs of shoes on the front porch. Mid City Zen (3248 Castiglione St., www.zmcneworleans.org) holds group meditations several times a week and a special instruction for beginners most Sunday mornings.

“Meditation is such a broad term,” says Michaela O’Connor Bono, a Buddhist priest and leader of the center’s formal practice and teachings. “It means a lot of different things to a lot of different people, depending on what sort of religious tradition you’re practicing. So we are a Zen Buddhist sangha, which is the word for community practitioners.”

I attended a Sunday morning sitting, which starts with an introduction to the posture and the physical elements of Zen meditation. The zendo, or meditation hall, was quiet, calm and cool, a respite from the city’s heat and noise. Black floors reflected

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“Mindfulness is one form of different meditations, [a] particular way of paying attention to the present moment with an open curiosity and kindness,” says Calderon, a Mexico City native who has served as assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Louisiana State University’s School of Medicine for more than 10 years. “It is a moment-to-moment awareness with an open and accepting curiosity.”

Meditation has been linked to a host of health benefits. A 1992 study by a group of scientists from the University of Massachusetts established a link between mindfulness meditation and stress reduction. Another 2016 study found that meditation increases telomerase (cell enzyme) activity, which is associated with reduced chronic stress and inflammation.

A 2009 study by the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina establishes a link between mindfulness meditation training and pain reduction.

“It’s really reducing your fightor-flight response,” Calderon says.

“It’s a training of the mind that reinforces your control over areas of the brain that deal with emotion.”

Calderon has spent time working with victims of trauma. He finds meditation useful in helping a traumatized person re-enter society.

“The traumatized person feels isolated from community,” Calderon says. “With meditation, they can take refuge in the body and can begin to express some of these feelings. They can begin to listen and see that other people have had these experiences as well.”

Bono says meditation isn’t a self-improvement practice, but a conduit to understanding ourselves and others better. From that awareness comes an understanding of how to treat ourselves and others with compassion. For her, it is one part of the larger tradition of Soto Zen Buddhism.

“I appreciate that people are more interested in their well-being,” Bono says. “The more people that take a good look at how they piece the world together the better, but it shouldn’t just be another thing that people think they should do and then beat themselves up for not doing.”

Calderon says that the New Orleans community stands to benefit from meditation and mindful-

ness practices.

“This is a community that suffers traumas and is polarized in many areas,” Calderon says. “Meditation can be a practice that brings people together to problem solve and be together and talk together.”

AFTER THE INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS, more experienced prac-

titioners filtered into the room and took their seats. There was a sense of community in the room. People exchanged quiet greetings as they found their places and adjusted their cushions.

“Something we value is consistency,” Bono said. “Even something as simple as our schedule. It has remained largely the same over the last four years. I think just being a steady, dependable place is also

Mindfulness is one form of different meditations, [a] particular way of paying attention to the present moment with an open curiosity and kindness. something we can offer to a city that changes rapidly.”

Everyone faced the wall. The 30-minute session began.

After a few minutes, I noticed the caffeine humming through my body. I was tempted to scratch an itch on my nose. I became preoccupied with my breathing. I had moments of anxiety. The anxiety passed. The itch passed. The time passed. A bell signaled the end of 30 minutes, but it felt like five.

“We’re here as a refuge if folks want quiet and to sit with their struggles in a compassionate way,” Bono said. “The hope is that that’s a real gift.”

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Sauerkraut, pickles and yogurt are good sources of probiotics.

The relationship between bacteria, probiotics and human health.

BY K ATHERINE M . JOHNS ON occur naturally in fermented foods. “[Generally,] the more natural the source, the better,” Fortenberry says. “I would love to recommend food sources, but the most common [are] yogurt … [or] kefir, which often contain a lot of sugar. You can’t absorb the probiotic because of all the sugar. Sauerkraut is fermented, so it has lots of probiotics, as [does] kombucha. But you have to look out for those harmful ingredients. Pasteurization kills off many of the probiotics.”

When it comes to probiotics, supplements are not more or less effective than foods like dairy products or kimchi. When choosing the food route, consumers need know about ingredients like sugar, salt and fat, and whether a food is processed. These can affect whether probiotics can survive.

A study conducted by the European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) found most healthy adults’ systems benefit from probiotic therapy. Very few test subjects experience adverse reactions to probiotics. The ESPCG conducted 28 studies on the effect of probiotics on patients with a range of lower GI symptoms, and only two patients discontinued the clinical trial because of adverse reactions. Those reactions occurred with equal frequency in the study’s control group, which consisted of participants not undergoing probiotic treatment.

Fortenberry’s professional experience reflects those outcomes. In 12 years, she has seen only one client whose body rejected the supplements.

“Sometimes you have so much bad bacteria present, taking good bacteria can make you sicker,” she says. “That’s a rare case. If you notice that the probiotics don’t agree with you, discontinue use and consult a doctor.”

People whose immune systems are compromised (for example, people who are undergoing chemotherapy) should consult a doctor before taking probiotics.

Because probiotics are a dietary supplement and not a medication, the FDA does not regulate their production or manufacturers’ health claims. Instead, third-party evaluators like Consumer Lab have stepped in. Fortenberry approves of independently assessed products and offers more advice on selecting probiotics. “[The product] should contain different strains [of bacteria], and the label should denote the number of active strains,” she says.

“Probiotics must reach the large intestine to be absorbed. Otherwise, stomach acid may break down the probiotic before it gets where it needs to go. Don’t get ones that digest quickly.”

Fortenberry says reducing the intake of sugars and processed food, managing stress and decreasing the frequency of antibiotic treatments benefits gut bacteria. Eating a diet rich in fiber, fruits and vegetables contributes to overall health.

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) suggests consumers check product labels for shelf lives, to make sure the bacteria strains are still viable. Manufacturers usually denote the initial number of live strains, but offer no guarantees that those strains will still be active by the time of purchase or consumption.

On its website, the ISAPP offers interactive resource guides that allow consumers to enter their gender and GI symptoms and select the appropriate probiotic from recommended brands.

Another probiotic plus: Data indicates that probiotics benefit more than just GI issues.

A study published in the Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility demonstrates that certain strains of probiotics can treat central nervous system disorders like anxiety, depression and autism. The human microbiome still holds its mysteries, but individuals have the ability to influence their unique bacterial makeups.

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THE HUMAN BODY HOUSES AS MANY AS 100 TRILLION BACTERIA. If those were dollars, that would be almost five times the national debt.

They’re all part of the microbiome: the collection of human cells and other living microbes, including bacteria, that live in and on the human body. Though the estimated ratio of human cells to bacterial cells is in debate (estimates range from one-to-one to one-to-10), we know that a balance between “good” bacteria (probiotics) and “bad” bacteria is essential for human health.

“The levels of bacteria in the body are constantly changing,” says Julie Fortenberry, a dietitian at Touro Infirmary. “If you knew how important a role bacteria play in health — 70 percent of the body’s immunity is in the gut — if the body isn’t absorbing nutrients, [immunity suffers]. You have to heal the gut and make it whole again.”

Gut bacteria play a role in several body functions, including digestion, nutrient absorption, metabolism and immunity.

The American Academy of Microbiology’s Human Microbiome Project is working to establish the baseline of the normal microbiome. Scientists and researchers consider this aggregate of bacteria and other microbes an organ that works with the endocrine and nervous systems. Like other organs, the microbiome needs care in order to work properly.

Doctors increasingly are recommending probiotics to people suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and diseases, sometimes in conjunction with medications. Probiotics reintroduce the live strains of good bacteria that are organically found in the intestines. They repair the gut by restoring bacteria that might have been eradicated by improper diet or antibiotics, which kill all bacteria indiscriminately.

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Tips on how to manage diabetes — and dietary lessons for all of us.

MY 12-YEAR-OLD SON HAS BEEN LIVING WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. It’s a challenging disease to manage and I have come to respect it as an adversary. We monitor him 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We prick his fingers up to 12 times day to check the level of glucose (sugar) in his blood. Some days we don’t get it right.

Yet when I put myself into a strictly scientific frame of mind, I marvel at this rare opportunity to see physiology at work. Diabetes offers a glimpse of how most human bodies seamlessly manage whatever we put into them without us having to give it a thought.

Here are some tips about healthy lifestyles that have been reinforced since diabetes joined our family.

Eat fruit, not the juice. Juice is a great rescue food when a person with diabetes needs to get their blood sugar to rise quickly into the normal zone. But that’s not the effect you and I are looking for. Thanks to fiber, whole fruit is absorbed more slowly, making us feel full longer.

To help your blood sugar stay stable when eating fruit, add some protein to your snack. Apple slices and nut butters or fruit with cheese help maintain energy over the long haul. You want to avoid a quick burst of energy followed by an energy crash.

Fiber counts. Not only is fiber important to the health of your digestive system, it helps stabilize blood sugar. When we calculate the number of carbohydrates my son is eating, we subtract the grams of fiber because they reduce the amount of insulin he requires. The fiber is digested more slowly, helping to keep blood sugar level.

When buying cereal, look for brands that have at least 3 grams of

fiber per serving. Consider sneaking extra fiber into foods. I have made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with cooked lentils and my son ate them happily, unaware of the added fiber. The result? No blood sugar spike after eating cookies.

Eat at home, it’s healthier.

Restaurant food is higher in fat and sodium and should be a rare treat. When you cook at home you can control the ingredients. When our son eats restaurant food, his body requires extra insulin for up to eight hours after eating. Not so when we eat at home.

Adjust your pizza. The toughest food we have found to adjust for is pizza. Eating restaurant or delivery pizza strains his body for hours.

When we make pizza at home using either a homemade, pita or naan bread crust and low fat cheese, we do not need to make any special adjustments to his insulin.

Candy’s sweet side. People with diabetes can still eat candy or sugary treats but they need to compensate with insulin. Candy makes a great rescue food bringing blood sugar levels up quickly when they drop below normal (a dangerous thing for people taking insulin).

When might non-diabetic people benefit from a sugar boost? Candy can help compensate for the impact of exercise during an athletic event such as a long run or bike race when there is no time to stop and eat a piece of fruit.

Keep moving. When my son sits in front of his game console for any length of time I need to give him extra insulin as his blood sugar begins to rise from lack of activity. Exercise helps keep him closer to his normal range. This simply reinforces that our bodies are made to move. Exercise helps our heart and lungs and evens out blood sugar levels.

When you hear that someone is following a diabetic diet, it should mean they are eating healthy and exercising, behaviors that can benefit us all.

— Sue LeBreton is a parenting health and fitness journalist.

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Ralph’s On The Park — 900 City Park Ave., (504) 488-1000; www.ralphsonthepark. com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Tue.-Fri., dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Miyako Japanese Seafood & Steakhouse — 1403 St. Charles Ave., (504) 410-9997; www.japanesebistro.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch Sun.-Fri., dinner daily.

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The Red Maple — 1036 Lafayette St., Gretna, (504) 367-0935; www.theredmaple.com — Reservations recommended.

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KOREAN

Restaurant R’evolution — 777 Bienville St., (504) 553-2277; www.revolutionnola.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$$

Little Korea BBQ — 2240 Magazine St., (504) 821-5006 — No reservations.

Lunch Mon. & Wed.-Sat., dinner daily.

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LOUISIANA CONTEMPORARY Audubon Clubhouse Cafe — 6500 Magazine St., (504) 212-5282; www.auduboninstitute.org/visit/golf-cafe — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.Fri., dinner Sun.-Fri., brunch Sat.-Sun. Credit cards. $$$

Tomas Bistro — 755 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-0942 — No reservations. Dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

486-9950; 4724 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 569-0000; www.juansflyingburrito.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

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MUSIC AND FOOD The Columns — 3811 St. Charles Ave., (504) 899-9308; www.thecolumns.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast daily, lunch Fri.-Sat., dinner Mon.-Thu., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Gazebo Cafe — 1018 Decatur St., (504) 525-8899; www.gazebocafenola.com — No reservations. Lunch and early dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ House of Blues — 225 Decatur St., 310-4999; www.hob.com/neworleans — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

Tommy’s Wine Bar — 752 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 525-4790 — No reservations.

Lite dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Live Oak Cafe — 8140 Oak St., (504) 2650050; www.liveoakcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch daily.

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MEDITERRANEAN/ MIDDLE EASTERN

The Market Cafe — 1000 Decatur St., (504) 527-5000; www.marketcafenola.com — No reservations. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Hummus & More — 3363 Severn Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-9228; www.hummusandmore.com — Reservations accepted.

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Criollo — Hotel Monteleone, 214 Royal St., (504) 681-4444; www.criollonola. com — Reservations recommended. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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Pyramids Cafe — 3151 Calhoun St., (504) 861-9602 — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$

Dick & Jenny’s — 4501 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 894-9880; www.dickandjennys.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Wed.-Mon. Credit cards. $$$

MEXICAN & SOUTHWESTERN

Heritage Grill — 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Suite 150, Metairie, (504) 934-

Juan’s Flying Burrito — 515 Baronne St., (504) 529-5825; 2018 Magazine St., (504)

NEIGHBORHOOD biscuits & buns on banks — 4337 Banks St., (504) 273-4600; www.biscuitsandbunsonbanks.com — Delivery available Tuesday to Friday. No reservations. Brunch and lunch daily. Credit cards. $$ Cafe B — 2700 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 934-4700; www.cafeb.com — Reservations recommended. Lunch Mon.-Fri., dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$

OUT TO EAT Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop — 2309 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 8352022; www.gumbostop.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Joey K’s — 3001 Magazine St., (504) 8910997; www.joeyksrestaurant.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Katie’s Restaurant — 3701 Iberville St., (504) 488-6582; www.katiesinmidcity.com — No reservations. Lunch daily, Dinner Mon.-Sat., brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$ Koz’s — 515 Harrison Ave., (504) 4840841; 4445 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-2010; 6215 Wilson St., Harahan, (504) 737-3933; www.kozcooks.com — No reservations. Hours vary by location.

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PIZZA Louisiana Pizza Kitchen — 95 French Market Place, (504) 522-9500; www.lpkfrenchquarter.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $$ Marks Twain’s Pizza Landing — 2035 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 832-8032; www.marktwainpizza.com — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sat., dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $ Mid City Pizza — 4400 Banks St., (504) 483-8609; www.midcitypizza.com — Delivery available. No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily, late-night Fri.-Sat. Credit cards. $ PAGE 34

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Mikimoto — 3301 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 488-1881; www.mikimotosushi.com — Reservations accepted for large parties.

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Slice Pizzeria — 1513 St. Charles Ave., (504) 525-7437; 5538 Magazine St., (504) 897-4800; www.slicepizzeria.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Theo’s Neighborhood Pizza — 4218 Magazine St., (504) 894-8554; 4024 Canal St., (504) 302-1133; www.theospizza.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Wit’s Inn — 141 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 486-1600; www.witsinn.com — Reservations accepted for large parties. Lunch, dinner and late-night daily. Credit cards. $

SANDWICHES & PO-BOYS The Big Cheezy — 422 S. Broad St., (504) 302-2598; www.thebigcheezy.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily.

Credit cards. $ Killer Poboys — 219 Dauphine St., (504) 462-2731; 811 Conti St., (504) 252-6745; www.killerpoboys.com — No reservations.

Hours vary by location. Cash only at Conti Street location. $ Liberty Cheesesteaks — 5031 Freret St., (504) 875-4447; www.libertycheesesteaks. com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $

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Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar — 2604 Magazine St., (504) 897-5413; www. traceysnola.com — No reservations.

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SEAFOOD Basin Seafood & Spirits — 3222 Magazine St., (504) 302-7391; www.basinseafoodnola. com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily. Credit cards. $$ Blue Crab Restaurant & Oyster Bar — 7900 Lakeshore Drive., (504) 284-2898; www.thebluecrabnola.com — No reservations. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sun. Credit cards. $$ Bourbon House — 144 Bourbon St., (504) 522-0111; www.bourbonhouse.com — Reservations accepted. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, brunch Sun. Credit cards. $$$ Charles Seafood — 8311 Jefferson Hwy., (504) 405-5263 — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner Tue.-Sat. Credit cards. $$ Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Italian Restaurant — 910 West Esplanade Ave., Kenner, (504) 463-3030; 1001 Live Oak St., Metairie, (504) 838-0022; www.mredsno.com — Lunch and dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

Magazine Po-boy Shop — 2368 Magazine St., (504) 522-3107 — No reservations. Breakfast and lunch Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $

Mr. Ed’s Seafood & Oyster House — 1327 St. Charles Ave., (504) 267-0169; www. mredsrestaurants.com — Reservations accepted. Lunch and dinner daily.

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Short Stop Po-Boys — 119 Transcontinental Drive, Metairie, (504) 885-4572; www.

Red Fish Grill — 115 Bourbon St., (504) 598-1200; www.redfishgrill.com — Reser-

Tres Bon Cajun Meats (10316 Jefferson Highway, River Ridge, 504-405-4355; www.tresbonmeats.com) makes sausages, cracklings and more.

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The Stuffed Crab — 3431 Houma Blvd., Suite B, Metairie, (504) 510-5444 — No reservations. Lunch Tue.-Sun., dinner Tue.Sat. Credit cards. $$

Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse — 716 Iberville St., (504) 522-2467; www. dickiebrennansrestaurant.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner daily.

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Austin’s Seafood and Steakhouse — 5101 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-5533; www.austinsno.com — Reservations recommended. Dinner Mon.-Sat.

Vega Tapas Cafe — 2051 Metairie Road, Metairie, (504) 836-2007; www.vegatapascafe.com — Reservations accepted. Dinner Mon.-Sat. Credit cards. $$

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BMC — St. Roch Syncopators, 5; Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Spike Perkins, 5; Tom McDermott & Chloe Feoranzo, 8 Cafe Negril — Revival, 6; Soul Project, 9:30 Checkpoint Charlie — Muddy Ruckus, 7 Chickie Wah Wah — Phil Degruy & Emily Robertson, 6; Eric “Benny” Bloom & Friends, 9 Circle Bar — Natalie Mae, 7; Space Bass IV with DJs Obi-1, Slick Leo, 10 Covington Trailhead — Tyler Kinchen & the Right Pieces, 5 d.b.a. — Sarah Quintana, 7; Little Freddie King, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Outlaw Country Jam with Jason Bishop, 7 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Loren Pickford’s Tribute to the Beat Generation, 9:30 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Dave Easley, 6 Hook’d Up Bar and Grill — Christian Serpas & Ghost Town, 6:30 House of Blues — Kongos, The Joy Formidable, 8:30; Soul 2 Soul with DJs Slab and Raj Smoove, 11:30 Kerry Irish Pub — Foot & Friends, 8:30 Le Bon Temps Roule — Soul Rebels, 11

FRIDAY 21 21st Amendment — Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, 6; Antoine Diel & the Misfit Power, 9:30 Apple Barrel — Johnny Mastro, 10:30 Bacchanal — Raphael Bas, 4:30; The Organettes, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Chance Bushman’s Rhythm Stompers, 1; Magnolia Dream, 5:30; Keith Stone, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars Rhythm Section feat. Larry Johnson, noon; Stevie J, 3:30; BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7:30 Blue Nile — Caesar Brothers Funk Box, 7; Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

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SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE WISDOM OF FOUR WHITE GUYS FROM CALGARY NAMING THEIR BAND VIET CONG — even in this Age of Trump, with our collective sen• Oct. 19 sitivity meter perpetually spinning, it seems • 9 p.m. Wednesday especially inappropriate. But the action did have two effects, desired or otherwise: First • Gasa Gasa people noticed, then they reacted. Gigs from • 4920 Freret St. Ohio to Australia were canceled; one music website posted a timer with the headline, “Days • (504) 338-3567 since Viet Cong promised to change their • www.gasagasa.com name.” And so the artists formerly known as Viet Cong (half of whom were formerly known as Women) have settled on the least offensive handle possible. Preoccupations puts the focus back on the music, while proving the band’s noisy causticity runs deeper than any album cover. The self-titled September release (Flemish Eye/Jagjaguwar) also marks an evolutionary endpoint, as the genetic threads that link the three bands — once frayed and dangerous as a downed power line — are sewn up into something less unique but far more accomplished and accessible. Unpredictability connected both Women and Viet Cong, and Preoccupations, working under the recognizably foggy drones of 1980s post-punk, still hides plenty of surprises. “Memory” changes pace and form after a three-and-a-half-minute windup, morphing into a leggy gazelle and a reverberating disturbance over its pop-elongating, eight-minute remainder. Maturation in music often implies dilution, but it applies in multiple ways here: No longer defined by tragic irony, the vandals have found a canvas for their graffiti. Methyl Ethel opens.

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SATURDAY 22 21st Amendment — Big Joe Kennedy, 2:30; The Ibervillianaires, 9:30 501 N. Genois St. — Mid-City Masquerade feat. Dan Deacon, Caddywhompus, Ghost-Note, Sweet Crude, Roar, Elysian Feel, Sexy Dex & the Fresh, DJ Doug Funnie, 5 Bacchanal — Red Organ Trio, 4; Will Thompson Quartet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — G & the Swinging Three, 1; Caesar Brothers, 7 Banks Street Bar — Noshows, Handsome Scoundrels, R-Dent, 11 Blade, 10 BB King’s — BB King All-Stars feat.

Stevie J, noon; Lacy Blackledge, 3:30;

BB King All-Stars feat. Larry Johnson & Jonte Mayon, 7:30 Blue Nile — Washboard Chaz Blues Trio, 7; Stooges Brass Band, 11 Blue Nile Balcony Room — Ambush Reggae Band, 10; DJ Black Pearl, 1 a.m.

BMC — Crescent City Blue Blowers, 3; Willie Lockett & the Blues Krewe, 6; Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, 9; The Key Sound, midnight Buffa’s Lounge — Ben Fox Trio, 5; Lynn Drury, 8; Miles Lyon Tyree Glenn Tribute, 11 Cafe Istanbul — Steve Grand, 8 Cafe Negril — Jamie Lynn Vessels, 4; Jamey St. Pierre & the Honeycreepers, 7; Higher Heights, 10 Chickie Wah Wah — Webb Wilder, 8; Deslondes, 10 Circle Bar — Jim Moe, 7; MInihorse, Mariine, Red Poison Berry, 9:30 d.b.a. — Slick Skillet Serenaders, 4; John Boutte, 8; New Breed Brass Band, 11 DMac’s Bar & Grill — The 2 Pistols Jam Session, 2 a.m.

Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — The Betty Shirley Band, 10 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — DinosAurchestra, 7; Backspin, 10 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Sexy/Back ’00s Dance Party with DJ G, 10 Gasa Gasa — Highly Suspect, Slothrust, 9 Golden Lantern — Esplanade Ave. Band, 7:30 Hi-Ho Lounge — Hustle with DJ Soul Sister, 11 House of Blues — Kiss Alike Kiss Tribute, 8 House of Blues (Voodoo Garden) — Jon Roniger, 3:30; Hope Moore, 7 Howlin’ Wolf — Krewe of Boo After-Party feat. Dumpstaphunk, Sexual Thunder, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Ballroom Thieves, Blue Healer, 9 Joy Theater — Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter, 9 Kerry Irish Pub — Paul & Amy, 5; Crossing Canal with Ruby Ross and Patrick Cooper, 9 Little Gem Saloon — Kermit Ruffins & the Barbecue Swingers, 7 & 9 Louisiana Music Factory — Dick Deluxe, Valerie Sassyfras, 2 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the Ibervillianaires, 1; Loose Marbles, 4; Smoking Time Jazz Club, 7; Kumasi, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Po-Boy Fest Pre-Party feat. Boukou Groove, 11 Metropolitan Nightclub — Andrew Rayel, 10 Neutral Ground Coffeehouse — Beth Hazel Farris, One Lan Band, Paula Maya, Pucusana, 7 Oak — Joshua Ray Trio, 9 The Office Sports Bar — Signal 21, 9 Old Point Bar — The 1% Nation, 9:30 One Eyed Jacks — Community Records Fest feat. Gland, Pope, A Living Soundtrack, Sexy Dex & the Fresh, Slingshot Dakota, Ratboys, Football Etc., 3:30 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Brian O’Connell & Palm Court Jazz Band, Freddie Lonzo, 8 Preservation Hall — The Joint Chiefs of Jazz feat. Jamie Wight, 6 Republic New Orleans — G Jones, Sayer, Sfam, 10 Rivershack Tavern — John Lisi & Delta Funk, 10 Rock ’n’ Bowl — Honey Island Swamp Band, 9:30 PAGE 42

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Siberia — Gal Holiday & the Honky Tonk Revue, 6; Mountain of Wizard (record release), Cauche Mar, Guitar Lightnin’ Lee & the Thunder Band, 9 Spotted Cat — Sweetwater & Company, noon; Jazz Band Ballers, 2; Panorama Jazz Band, 6; Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 10 Tipitina’s — Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes 15th Anniversary Party feat. The Ron Holloway Band, 10 UNO Lakefront Arena — Legends of Southern Hip-Hop feat. Mystikal, Juvenile, 8

SUNDAY 23 21st Amendment — Christopher Johnson Quartet, 7 Bamboula’s — NOLA Ragweeds, 1; Messy Cookers, 5:30; Ed Wills & Blues 4 Sale, 9 Banks Street Bar — Kyle Smith Band, 4; Vance Orange, 8 Blue Nile — Mykia Jovan, 7; Street Legends Brass Band, 11 BMC — The Mark Appleford Band, 3; Ruth Marie, 7; Steve Mignano Blues Band, 10 Buffa’s Lounge — Some Like It Hot, 10:30 a.m.; Gerald French Trio, 7 Cafe Negril — All 4 One Brass Band, 6; Dana Abbott Band, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Pat Flory & Mike Kerwin, 6; Meschiya Lake & the Little Big Quartet, 8 Circle Bar — Micah McKee & Friends, Blind Texas Marlin, 6; Country Night with DJ Pasta, 9:30 d.b.a. — Palmetto Bug Stompers, 6; John Lisi & Delta Funk, 10 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — Peter Nu, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — Anuraag Pendyal, Dignity Reve, 7 Dragon’s Den (upstairs) — Church with Unicorn Fukr, 10 Gasa Gasa — Highly Suspect, Slothrust, 9 Howlin’ Wolf Den — Wes Williams Band, 8; Hot 8 Brass Band, 10 Joy Theater — Jason Isbell, John Moreland, 8 The Maison — Chance Bushman & the NOLA Jitterbugs, 10 a.m.; Royal Street Windin’ Boys, 1; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 4; Higher Heights, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Joe Krown Trio, 10 Old Point Bar — Amanda Walker, 3:30; Jean Marie Harris, 7 The Orpheum Theater — Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, 7 Palm Court Jazz Cafe — Mark Braud & Sunday Night Swingsters, Meghan Swartz, 8 Siberia — Carson McHone, Chris Ackers, Zach Bryson, 6; N.O. Sound Art Festival feat. Enduser, Crowhurst, Compactor, JT Whitfield, NLIC, Psychic Hotline, Aunt’s Analog, Gym Mat Nap, Goatlab, 8 Southport Hall — Mac Sabbath, The Bald Dog Project, Jason & the Kruegers, 7:30 Spotted Cat — Carolyn Broussard, noon; Sweetwater & Company, 2; Kristina Morales & the Bayou Shufflers, 6; Pat Casey & the New Sound, 10 Tipitina’s — Buddy Guy, Marty Sammon Band, 9 Trinity Episcopal Church — Keith Porteous, Sarah Quintana, Rex Gregory, Robin Sherman, Goshi Berg, Albinas Przgintas, 5 UNO Lakefront Arena — Anthony Hamilton, 7:30

The Willow — Kuwaisiana, Rann, Green Gasoline, 8

MONDAY 24 30/90 — Perdido Jazz Band, 5 Apple Barrel — Sam Cammarata, 6:30; Roger Bowie & the Midnight Visions, 10:30 Bacchanal — Helen Gillet, 7:30 Bamboula’s — Mark Rubin & Chip Wilson, 2; NOLA Swingin’ Gypsies, 5:30 Banks Street Bar — Lilli Lewis, 9 Blue Nile — Brass-A-Holics, 10 BMC — Lil’ Red & Big Bad, 6 Bombay Club — Kris Tokarski, 8 Buffa’s Lounge — Arsene Delay, 5; Antoine Diel, 8 Cafe Negril — Noggin, 6; In Business, 9:30 Chickie Wah Wah — Benny Maygarden & Thomas “Mad Dog” Walker, 6; Alex McMurray, 8 Circle Bar — Phil the Tremolo King, 7; Pleasures, 9 Columns Hotel — David Doucet, 8 Crescent City Brewhouse — New Orleans Streetbeat, 6 d.b.a. — Alexis & the Samurai, 7; Glen David Andrews, 10 DMac’s Bar & Grill — Danny Alexander, 8 Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar — John Fohl, 9 Dragon’s Den (downstairs) — New Orleans Jazz Manouche, 7 Gasa Gasa — AJJ (formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad), Diners, Chris Farren, 9 Hi-Ho Lounge — Bluegrass Pickin’ Party, 8; Instant Opus Improvised Series, 10 House of Blues — Machine Gun Kelly, Mod Sun, 7 House of Blues (Restaurant & Bar) — Sean Riley, 4 Irish House — Traditional Irish music session, 7 Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse — Irvin Mayfield, 8 Kerry Irish Pub — Kim Carson, 9 The Maison — Chicken & Waffles, 5; Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, 7; Organized Crime, 10 Maple Leaf Bar — Ron Holloway Band, 10 Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar — James Andrews & the Crescent City All-Stars, Bobby Love, 8 Preservation Hall — The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters feat. Leroy Jones, 8, 9 & 10 RF’s — John Marcey Duo, 4; Jamie Lynn Vessels, 7 Sidney’s Saloon — King James & the Special Men, 10 Snug Harbor — Charmaine Neville Band, 8 & 10 Southport Hall — Tech N9ne, 8 Spotted Cat — Dominick Grillo & the Frenchmen Street All-Stars, 6; New Orleans Jazz Vipers, 10 Three Muses — Bart Ramsey, 5; Joe Cabral, 7

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New Orleans Film Festival. Citywide — The New Orleans Film Society presents its annual film festival (Oct. 12-20) showcasing regional, national and international films. Visit www.neworleansfilmfestival.org for details. Admission varies. Tuesday-Thursday.

OPENING THIS WEEKEND American Honey (R) — Wayward teens sell magazines in this atmospheric, critically acclaimed indie.

Broad, Prytania The Hollow — FBI agents try to crack the murder of a congressman’s daughter. Zeitgeist I’m Not Ashamed (PG-13) — The Christian film is based on the diaries of Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim of the Columbine school shooting. Elmwood Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PG13) — America’s favorite Scientologist reprises his role as action hero Jack Reacher. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Keeping Up With the Joneses (PG-13) — In this jokey riff on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, a suburban couple discovers their stylish neighbors (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot) are spies. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG-13) — C’mon, Bobby. I know you’re pushing it. Stop kid-

ding around. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13) — Madea: Arbor Day has entered pre-production. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Canal Place The Whole Truth — An attorney (Keanu Reeves) tries to spring a teenage client accused of murdering his father. Chalmette

NOW SHOWING The Accountant (R) — Ben Affleck runs numbers for thugs and hooligans.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Prytania, Regal, Canal Place Apparition Hill (PG-13) — Seven strangers trek to see the Virgin Mary outside of a piece of toast. West Bank The Birth of a Nation (R) — Scandal-mired director Nate Parker heads the film about an 1831 slave rebellion. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Clown (R) — Goremonger Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel) taps into clown phobias. Chalmette Deepwater Horizon (PG-13) — The locally resonant story follows Mark Wahlberg as a technician aboard the Transocean oil rig during its explosion. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place Don’t Breathe (R) — Would-be thieves get a nasty surprise when they try to rob the home of a blind military veteran. Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Girl on the Train (R) — Billed as the next Gone Girl, the movie is about a divorced woman who claims to have witnessed something relevant to a missing persons case. Clearview, Elm-

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wood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Greasy Strangler — The strangler tangles with love triangles. Broad Kevin Hart: What Now? (R) — The brash comic stars in a stadium stand-up performance. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal, Canal Place The Magnificent Seven (PG-13) — A remake of a remake of Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal The Martian: An IMAX 3-D Experience (PG-13) — Fellow NASA scientists “accidentally” abandon Matt Damon on Mars.

West Bank Masterminds (PG-13) — Zach Galifianakis is a bumbling truck driver who gets absorbed into a notorious bank heist.

Elmwood, West Bank, Slidell, Regal Max Steel (PG-13) — Teenage Max and his alien companion get superhero powers in a movie destined for sequels.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG) — Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls’ Lorelai) is the mom in this coming-of-age dramedy. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13) — Tim Burton directs the dark fantasy, in which a teen discovers the origin of fairy tales he heard as a child.

Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Priceless (PG-13) — A delivery man with unseemly cargo has a change of heart. Elmwood Queen of Katwe (PG) — In Uganda, girls from the wrong side of the tracks dominate a chess competition. Elmwood, West Bank, Broad, Slidell Rob Zombie’s 31 — Like Cube, but with killer clowns. Elmwood Shin Godzilla — A well-reviewed homage to the stompy monster (frankly, anything would be better than the 1998 version). Broad Star Trek Beyond: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG-13) — The franchise lives long and prospers with another installment directed by Jeremy Lin. West Bank Storks (PG) — Storks who carry packages for an Amazon-like conglomerate hustle to deliver a rogue baby. Clearview, Elmwood, West Bank, Chalmette, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Sully (PG-13) — Tom Hanks is a pilot who lands on the Hudson River after his plane mows down a flock of geese. Elmwood, Kenner, Slidell, Regal Train to Busan — In a Korean-made horror flick, bullet train passengers fend off brainthirsty zombies. Broad When the Bough Breaks (PG-13) — Keep an eye out for St. Charles Avenue landmarks in this New Orleans-filmed thriller about a deranged surrogate mother.

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Barkleys of Broadway — In their last film together (and their only appearance in color), Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire tap their way through a Technicolor musical. 10 a.m. Sunday. Prytania The David Dance — A gay radio host pon-

ders a role as an adoptive father. 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday. Zeitgeist Fave Flicks: Vincent Price Edition — The bar screens the Dr. Phibes movies, The Premature Burial, The Fall of the House of Usher and others. 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Bar Redux A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night — Possibly the world’s only Iranian vampire Western is screened. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Radical Arts & Healing Collective (1340 Montegut St.) Harry Potter — AMC Theatres screens the Harry Potter series of films. Visit www. amctheatres.com for details. Clearview, Elmwood, Slidell London Town — A teen discovers The Clash face to face in 1970s London. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday. Zeitgeist The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni — Mozart’s opera is based on the legends of libertine and ladies’ man Don Juan. 11:55 a.m. Saturday. Elmwood, Regal Mr. Gaga — The documentary recounts the life of choreographer Ohad Naharin. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Contemporary Arts Center Murda Capital — Filmmaker K. Gates chronicles gun violence, drug use and poverty in post-Katrina New Orleans.

6 p.m. Friday. Ashe Cultural Arts Center Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (NR) — James Stewart speaks truth to power in this timeless film. 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Prytania Rabbit Proof Fence — Three Aboriginal girls travel the length of the fence that bisects the Australian continent. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center Taxi Driver — The part of Travis Bickle was originally written for Jeff Bridges; Melanie Griffith was the first choice for teenage prostitute Iris. (Weird.) 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Elmwood The Shining (1980) — During the making of this film, director Kubrick allegedly made 70-year-old Scatman Crothers cry with his obsessive number of filmed retakes. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Slidell, Canal Place The Smart Studios Story — ’90s alternastalgia continues with a documentary about the recording studio that hosted Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, L7 and more. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Zeitgeist They Live and The Thing — The art studio shows a John Carpenter double-header.

8 p.m. Friday Castillo Blanco (4321 St. Claude Ave.) Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North — Descendants of a slave-trading family confront their history.

6:30 p.m. Monday. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick Center Wet Hot American Summer — Decent actors and comedians (Bradley Cooper, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd) slum it in this spoof of millennium-era teen sex comedies. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday. Black Label Icehouse Young Frankenstein — It’s pronounced “Fronkensteen.” 7 p.m. Tuesday. Elmwood, Regal

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• Various locations Daughters of the Dust. Three generations of the Peazant family have a final • www.neworleansfilmfestival.org picnic in their longtime home in coastal Georgia as they prepare to move to the North in the early 1900s, seeking better opportunities but concerned with losing their heritage. The 1991 film was digitally restored for its 25th anniversary. It was the first feature directed by an African-American woman (Julie Dash) distributed theatrically in the U.S. (7:30 p.m.

Thu., Oct. 20; Ace Hotel New Orleans) Five Awake. In response to some horrific murders by men of their wives and family, members of the United Way, women leading the fight against domestic violence and Louisiana State Rep. Helena Moreno sought to change Louisiana laws, including restricting gun ownership by domestic abusers. Part documentary, part call to action, the film chronicles that effort and details the toll of domestic violence in the state. (7 p.m. Tue., Oct. 18; The Orpheum Theater) Manchester by the Sea. Following the death of his brother, Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) becomes the legal guardian of his nephew (Lucas Hedges) in the drama from director Kenneth Lonergan (Margaret). Lee leaves Boston for the small fishing village where he grew up and must face his ex-wife and former community. (8:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 19; The Theatres at Canal Place) The Quiet Storm. In Jason Affolder’s (Sun Dogs) drama set in New Orleans’ 9th Ward and starring Morgan Glover and Martin “Bats” Bradford, Aurora is caught between family, community and her conscience as she struggles over whether to tell police what she knows about a robbery that turned deadly. (8:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 19; Entergy Giant Screen Theater) PAGE 46

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ROAD MOVIES AND THEIR LITERARY COUNTERPARTS OCCUPY A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE POPULAR IMAGINA• Directed by Andrea Arnold TION. Like Westerns, road movies use wide-open spaces and free mobility • Starring Shia LaBeouf, Riley to express a uniquely American belief Keough and Sasha Lane in unlimited possibilities and person• Limited release al reinvention. In the 1950s and ’60s, road movies and books became closely associated with the explosion of youth culture. It would be hard to understand those times without considering Jack Kerouac’s On the Road or Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, works that came to symbolize entire generations of young people.

It will be for millennials to decide whether 55-year-old British filmmaker Andrea Arnold’s ambitious American Honey captures something distinctive and true of their life experience. But it’s safe to say Arnold’s utterly original road movie speaks to the fractured, election-weary America of 2016 like few films this year.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, American Honey follows the fictional adventures of a real-life modern phenomenon known as the “mag crew.” Fifteen young people (roughly ages 18 to 22) crisscross the Midwest in a large van, selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door by day under the iron hand of boss Krystal (Riley Keough) and partying hard at cheap motels by night. Coming mostly from broken homes in poor, rural areas, they live on the margins of a society no longer interested in preventing them from falling through the cracks.

Despite its subject matter, American Honey is not a message movie about social ills and downtrodden youth. Arnold took some inspiration from a 2007 article in The New York Times detailing the exploitation and abuse suffered by mag crews, but she’s more interested in their members’ resilience and knack for making surrogate families of their crews. Arnold even manages to find an almost touching beauty in the heartland’s desolate strip malls and Wal-Mart parking lots serving as de facto community hubs.

Though shot in the now jarringly squarish format of early Hollywood films, American Honey sometimes recalls the films of Terrence Malick (Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life), who finds an almost spiritual grace in everyday life and the natural world.

Arnold is not afraid to linger on a shot of fireflies floating through trees at sunset to generate just the right vibe for her impressionistic film.

The director also achieves a rare authenticity by “streetcasting” her film with non-actors found in those parking lots, at state fairs and on southern beaches during spring break. Arnold took her cast and crew on a spontaneous two-month, 10,000-mile road trip to shoot American Honey. Novice actors largely were instructed to appear as themselves. Keough (who looks more than a bit like her grandfather Elvis Presley) and Shia LaBeouf (as Crystal’s top salesman and crew trainer, Jake) balance the amateur cast with needed acting chops and professionalism.

At the center of the film is an actress named Sasha Lane (found on a Florida beach with no previous acting experience) as Star. American Honey is Star’s story, and Lane comes through for the film with a memorably strong-yet-vulnerable presence.

American Honey’s story is minimalist by design, and some will surely see this 162-minute film as ponderous and slow. It all seems a bit of a Rorschach test, wide open to interpretation. Like any good road trip, it’s all about the experience — and what you take away from it may well be a function of what you bring to the party.

— KEN KORMAN

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HAPPENINGS Liberate Tate: Insides/Outsides. Pelican Bomb Gallery X, 1612 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.; www.pelicanbomb.com — The London-based artist collective Liberate Tate discusses “creative disobedience” in a lecture-performance. Free admission.

6 p.m. Tuesday.

Low Road Art Walk. 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street — Galleries in the 700 to 1100 blocks of Royal Street stay open until 10 p.m. 6 p.m. Thursday.

PARK(ing) Day. Central Business District — Artists and activists transform parking spaces into art installations and micro-parks. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.

GALLERIES A Gallery for Fine Photography.

241 Chartres St., (504) 568-1313; www. agallery.com — “In Color: Photographs from 1846 to 2016,” photographs illustrating the history of color photography, through Nov. 26.

Academy Gallery. 5256 Magazine St., (504) 899-8111; www.noafa.com — “Sixteenth Biennial National Exhibition,” new work by members of the Degas Pastel Society, through Oct. 28.

AIA New Orleans. 841 Carondelet St., (504) 525-8320; www.aianeworleans. org — “Withdrawn,” collages of paper ephemera by Jill Stoll, through Oct. 29.

Angela King Gallery. 241 Royal St., (504) 524-8211; www.angelakinggallery. com — “Paper Dolls,” couture-inspired sculptures based on hand drawings laminated onto acrylic panels by Rick Lazes and Paul Veto, through October.

Antenna Gallery. 3718 St. Claude Ave., (504) 298-3161; www.press-street.com/ antenna — “Ether and Agony,” work about identity, abnormality and sexuality

by Doreen Garner, through Nov. 6. “Dog Hospital,” work about language, sequential imagery and make-believe by Joey Fauerso, through November.

Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., (504) 304-0849; www.antieaugallery. com — “Birds of Prey,” new work by Chris Roberts-Antieau, ongoing.

Anton Haardt Gallery. 2858 Magazine St., (504) 309-4249; www.antonart. com — “Outsider Artist Expose,” folk and outsider art by Mose Tolliver, Howard Finster, Jimmy Lee Sudduth and Chuckie Williams, ongoing.

Ariodante Gallery. 535 Julia St., (504) 524-3233; www.ariodantegallery.com — New work by Kim Zabbia and Krista Roche; jewelry by Sabine Chadborn; crafts by Ginger Kelly; all through October.

Art Gallery of the Consulate of Mexico. 901 Convention Center Blvd., (504) 528-3722; www.culturalagendaoftheconsulateofmexico.blogspot.com —

“Identity,” new work by Gustavo Duque, Luisa Restrepo and Belinda Shinshillas, through Dec. 15.

Arthur Roger Gallery. 432 Julia St., (504) 522-1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com — “Almost Eudaimonia,” dimensional paintings by Holton Rower; “Sister I’m a Poet,” photographs and portraits by Tim Hailand; “Pause,” sculpture and video about healing by Stephanie Patton; all through Oct. 29.

Barrister’s Gallery. 2331 St. Claude Ave., (504) 525-2767; www.barristersgallery. com — “Burn It Down: And Other Mantras for the End Times,” new work by Dan Tague; “It’s Still Real to Me,” new work by John Isiah Walton; all through Nov. 5.

Beata Sasik Gallery. 541 Julia St., (504) 322-5055; www.beatasasik.com — “This Old Town,” oil paintings and jewelry by Beata Sasik, through October.

Berta’s and Mina’s Antiquities Gallery.

4138 Magazine St., (504) 895-6201 — Paintings by Mina Lanzas and Nilo Lanzas, ongoing.

Boyd Satellite. 440 Julia St., (504) 581-2440; www.boydsatellitegallery. com — “The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective,” Blake Boyd retrospective, through October.

Brand New Orleans Art Gallery. 646 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 251-2695; www. brandneworleansartgallery.com — “All That I Am,” solo exhibition by local artist Darrin Butler, through Nov. 23.

Callan Contemporary. 518 Julia St., (504) 525-0518; www.callancontemporary.com — “Unseen Currents,” linear sculptures and mixed-media drawings by Raine Bedsole, through Oct. 30.

Carol Robinson Gallery. 840 Napoleon Ave., (504) 895-6130; www.carolrobinsongallery.com — “Subliminal Shifting,” new paintings by Cathy Hegman, through Oct. 29.

Carroll Gallery. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, (504) 314-2228; www.tulane.edu/carrollgallery — “Full Faculty Exhibition,” work by tenured, tenure-track and adjunct faculty, through Oct. 28.

Catalyst Gallery of Art. 5207 Magazine St., (504) 220-7756; www.catalystgalleryofart.com — Group exhibition of New Orleans-inspired art, ongoing.

CJ Nero. 839 Spain St., (504) 875-2008; www.facebook.com/craig.who.dat.nero — “Lifting the Veil,” photographs by Craig J. Nero, through October.

Claire Elizabeth Gallery. 131 Decatur St., (843) 364-6196; www.claireelizabethgallery.com — “La Danse des Oiseaux/ Dance of Birds,” mixed-media on paper and wood panel collaborative works

by Lisa di Stefano and George Marks, through Nov. 24.

Cole Pratt Gallery. 3800 Magazine St., (504) 891-6789; www.coleprattgallery.

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but its art world parallels are striking. Scorpio is identified with the mysteries of the psy• Through October che, and many of the most psychologically • Collage, installations intense artists, including Pablo Picasso, Rene and works on paper by Magritte and Francis Bacon, were born under the Halloween sign. Audra Kohout can be Audra Kohout added to that list. Her Treasure Things expo • Soren Christensen Gallery, extends her role as a visionary of dark fairy 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; tales for mature audiences, a talent facilitated by her way with visual innuendo. Her subjects www.sorengallery.com initially can recall storybook characters, but then draw viewers into their complex little worlds and may reappear in their dreams. Typically cobbled from vintage doll parts and derelict objects — things once coveted but then cast aside — they live in the shadow realms of the psyche, where they radiate the wayward electricity of unrelated objects suddenly united into unlikely new creatures.

We see this in works like Chariot, where sled dogs with doll heads pull the skeletal husk of a carriage bearing an armless but militant woman in a spiked helmet. Twin figures are common in Voodoo, but Kohout’s protagonists often reflect the more northern European sensibilities seen in Sibling Rivalry (pictured), where youthful Nordic royals in bizarre horned helmets stare quizzically at a world they no longer recognize. Similarly, Jezebel is a bust of a haughty fairy tale stepmother whose toxic sense of entitlement epitomizes everyone inclined to blame the victim — here perhaps The Woodman, a nearby sculpture of a downcast paraplegic lad with animal ears and antlers. A collar and chain enable him to be dragged around on his wheeled dolly, and his Celtic aura is a reminder that the English once dominated the Irish before branching into Africa, Asia and the Americas. But most of these works deal with the subtler dualities of human nature and the tendency of some to dominate others, benignly or not, for reasons that remain elusive, paradoxical and mysterious if not eternal. — D. ERIC BOOKHARDT

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com — “Lowcountry Longleaf,” oil paintings by Jim Graham, through Oct. 29.

Creason’s Fine Art. 831 Chartres St., (504) 304-4392; www.creasonsfineart. com — “Off Royal ... The Things We Do on Our Streets,” oil paintings and charcoal drawings of French Quarter life by Mike Torma, ongoing.

Ellen Macomber Fine Art & Textiles. 1720 St. Charles Ave., (504) 314-9414; www.ellenmacomber.com — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

The Foundation Gallery. 1109 Royal St., (504) 568-0955; www.foundationgallerynola.com — “Immortelle,” group show about grief and death benefiting Big Class, through Nov. 27.

Frank Relle Photography. 910 Royal St., (504) 388-7601 — Selections from “Until the Water,” “Nightscapes” and “Night-

shade,” night photographs of Louisiana by Frank Relle, ongoing.

The Front. 4100 St. Claude Ave., (504) 301-8654; www.nolafront.org — “Lemon Lovers,” work comprising layers of color and shapes by Alanah Luger-Guillaume and Rebecca Spangenthal; “Enscribe,” group show about memory and emotional entanglement; both through Nov. 6.

Gallery 600 Julia. 600 Julia St., (504) 895-7375; www.gallery600julia.com — “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere,” real and fantasy New Orleans bar scenes by William Crowell, through October.

Gallery B. Fos. 3956 Magazine St., (504) 444-2967; www.beckyfos.com — Paintings by Becky Fos, ongoing.

Gallery Burguieres. 736 Royal St., (504) 301-1119; www.galleryburguieres. com — Mixed-media work by Ally Burguieres, ongoing.

ART Buhtaydusss (Brandt Vicknair and Barbie L’Hoste), through Nov. 19.

New Orleans Glassworks & Printmaking Studio. 727 Magazine St., (504) 5297277; www.neworleansglassworks.com — Reticello glass sculptures with patterns

by Jason Christian; copper-enameled jewelry and nature-inspired prints by Cathy DeYoung; both through October.

New Orleans Photo Alliance. 1111 St. Mary St., (504) 610-4899; www.neworleansphotoalliance.org — “Maximize Window: The Expanded Photograph in Contemporary Art of New Orleans,” photography in expanded formats by Sophie T. Lvoff, Colin Roberson, Brittan Rosendahl, Jonathan Traviesa and Bob Weisz curated by Todd Rennie, through Nov. 27.

New Orleans Tattoo Museum. 1915 1/2 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 218-5319; www.nolatattoomuseum.com — “Folklore & Flash,” tattoo designs and artifacts, ongoing.

Octavia Art Gallery. 454 Julia St., (504) 309-4249; www.octaviaartgallery.com — “The Irascible Remembered,” collage, drawing, painting and sculpture by Fritz Bultman, through Oct. 29.

Overby Gallery. 529 N. Florida St., Covington, (985) 888-1310; www.overbygallery.com — Exhibition by gallery artists James Overby, John Goodwyne, Kathy Partridge, Linda Shelton and Ray Rouyer, ongoing.

Pamela Marquis Studio. 221 Dauphine St., (504) 615-1752; www.pamelamarquisstudio.com — New paintings by Pamela Marquis, ongoing.

RidgeWalker Glass Gallery. 2818 Rampart St., (504) 957-8075; www.ridgewalkerglass.com — Glass, metal sculpture and paintings by Teri Walker and Chad Ridgeway, ongoing.

River House at Crevasse 22. 8122 Saro Lane, Poydras; www.cano-la.org — The sculpture garden, including green housing by Robert Tannen, addresses environmental themes, through Oct. 30.

Rodrigue Studio. 721 Royal St., (504) 581-4244; www.georgerodrigue.com — “Blue Dog for President,” presidential and political portraits by George Rodrigue, through Jan. 8.

Rolland Golden Gallery. 317 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 888-6588; www.rollandgoldengallery.com — “Katrina — 11th Anniversary,” Hurricane Katrina-related work by Rolland Golden, ongoing.

Rutland Street Gallery. 828 E. Rutland St., Covington, (985) 773-4553; www. rutlandstreetgallery.com — Group exhibition featuring Peggy Imm, Shirley Doiron, Georgie Dossouy, Len Heatherly, Brooke Bonura and others, ongoing.

Second Story Gallery. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 710-4506; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — “Reappearance of Modern Happiness,” mixed-media works on papier mache about women of color by Natori Green, through Nov. 6.

ShiNola Gallery. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., (504) 223-5732; www.facebook. com/shinolagallery — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

Soren Christensen Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 569-9501; www. sorengallery.com — “Treasure Things,” collage, installations and works on paper

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Good Children Gallery. 4037 St. Claude Ave., (504) 616-7427; www.goodchildrengallery.com — “Oazo,” work about evocative objects by Joshua Edward Bennett, through Nov. 6.

Guy Lyman Fine Art. 3645 Magazine St., (504) 899-4687; www.guylymanfineart. com — “Highway 90: Beyond the Rigolets,” new photographs by Les Schmidt, through Oct. 30.

Hall-Barnett Gallery. 237 Chartres St., (504) 522-5657; www.hallbarnett. com — “Myth & Mammal,” paintings, ceramics and sculpture about the tension between the real and fantastical by Clintel Steed and Southern-based artists, through Nov. 26. New work by gallery artists, ongoing.

Hyph3n-Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 264-6863; www.hyph3n.com — Group exhibition by Polina Tereshina, Walker Babington, Charles Hoffacker, Garrett Haab, Jacob Edwards, Wendy Warrelmann and Amy Ieyoub, ongoing.

Isaac Delgado Fine Arts Gallery.

Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave., (504) 361-6620; www.dcc.edu/departments/art-gallery — “A Place for Now,” work by visual arts alumni Audra Kohout and Brad du Puy, through Oct. 27.

John Bukaty Studio and Gallery. 841 Carondelet St., (970) 232-6100; www. johnbukaty.com — “Grit & Grace: Meditation in Colors,” abstract paintings by John Bukaty, through October.

Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. 400 Julia St., (504) 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com — “The Invisible Side of the Universe,” minimalist drawings by Margaret Evangeline; “What Is Not Us,” paintings and pop art by Adam Mysock; both through Oct. 29.

LeMieux Galleries. 332 Julia St., (504) 522-5988; www.lemieuxgalleries.com — “Uncommon Materials,” work by artists including Theresa Honeywell, Shannon Landis Hansen, Patricia Rodriguez, Stephanie Metz and Leslie Nichols using uncoventional materials, through Oct. 29.

M. Francis Gallery. 1228 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 931-1915; www.mfrancisgallery.com — Paintings by Myesha Francis, ongoing.

Martin Lawrence Gallery New Orleans. 433 Royal St., (504) 299-9055; www.martinlawrence.com — Work by 20th-century masters and contemporary artists including Liudmila Kondakova, Robert Deyber, Philippe Bertho, Felix Mas, Kerry Hallam, Francois Fressnier, Douglas Hofmann, Takashi Murakami, Rene Lalonde, Mark Kostabi and Anne Faith Nicholls, ongoing.

Martin Welch Art Gallery. 223 Dauphine St., (504) 388-4240; www.martinwelchart.com — Paintings and mixed-media work by Martin Welch, ongoing.

Martine Chaisson Gallery. 727 Camp St., (504) 304-7942; www.martinechaissongallery.com — New work by Hunt Slonem, through Nov. 26.

Michalopoulos Gallery. 617 Bienville St., (504) 558-0505; www.michalopoulos. com — Paintings by James Michalopoulos, ongoing.

New Orleans Art Center. 3330 St. Claude Ave., (707) 779-9317; www. theneworleansartcenter.com — “Louisiana Photography Biennial,” work by more than 80 photographers curated by Don Marshall, through October. “Outgroan,” collaborative mixed-media work by Mash

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The Spielman Gallery. 1332 Washington Ave., (504)-899-7670; www.davidspielman.com — Travel, Hurricane Katrina and Gulf South black-and-white photographs

by David Spielman, ongoing.

St. Tammany Art Association. 320 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 8928650; www.sttammanyartassociation. org — “Reginald Pollack & the Dance of Death,” works about life and death

by Reginald Pollack from the New Orleans Museum of Art collection, through Nov. 26.

Staple Goods. 1340 St. Roch Ave., (504) 908-7331; www.postmedium.org/ staplegoods — “Happiness by the Gram,” newly painted constructions by Jack Niven, through Nov. 6.

Stella Jones Gallery. Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Ave., Suite 132, (504) 568-9050; www.stellajonesgallery.com — “Evolution,” new paintings by Samella Lewis, through November.

Studio Inferno. 6601 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-1878; www.facebook.com/ infernonola — “Encuentro,” group exhibition by Latinx artists, through Nov. 1.

Sutton Galleries. 519 Royal St., (504) 581-1914; www.suttongalleries.com — New work by Isabelle Dupuy, ongoing.

Thomas Mann Gallery I/O. 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann. com — “Feast,” artisan-made functional dinnerware and decorative objects, through Nov. 19.

Tripolo Gallery. 401 N. Columbia St., Covington, (985) 893-1441 — Exhibition by gallery artists, ongoing.

UNO-St. Claude Gallery. 2429 St. Claude Ave., (504) 280-6493; www.finearts. uno.edu — “Mining the Domestic,” work by artist-in-residence Aaron McNamee; “Parallel Barking Separate Sleeping,” work incorporating collage, photography, words and text by Austrian artists Andrea Luth and Kata Hinterlecher; both through Nov. 6.

Vieux Carre Gallery. 507 St. Ann St., (504) 522-2900; www.vieuxcarregallery. com — Work by Sarah Stiehl, ongoing.

Where Y’Art Gallery. 1901 Royal St., (504) 325-5672; www.whereyart.net — “1900 Block,” work by local street artists; “Breastfeeding: Strengthening the Heart of the Community, Reclaiming an African American Tradition,” group show about breastfeeding; both through Nov. 23.

SPARE SPACES The Building 1427. 1427 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 352-9283; www.building1427.com — Work by Daniel Jupiter, Mark Lacabe and Maurice Hicks, ongoing.

CANO Creative Space at Myrtle Banks Building. 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

— “New Orleans Artists,” work by local artists curated by Megan Koza Mitchell, ongoing.

Ken Kirschman Artspace. NOCCA Riverfront, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — “Alumni Exhibit,” new work by NOCCA alumni, through Nov. 19.

Longue Vue House and Gardens. 7 Bamboo Road, (504) 488-5488; www. longuevue.com — “Shadow Pictures,” 18th- through 20th-century silhouette drawings, through Sunday.

M. Furniture Gallerie. 2726 Royal St., Suite B, (504) 324-2472; www.mfurnituregallerie.com — Paintings by Tracy Jarmon; copper work by Giovanni; watercolors by Bill James; furniture by John Wilhite; all ongoing.

Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery. 535 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 527-5271; www. old77hotel.com — “Fairer Sex: Part One,” work about women by Ember Soberman, Lori Sperier and Saegan Swanson, through December.

Treo. 3835 Tulane Ave., (504) 3044878; www.treonola.com — “The Speck in the Eye of the Gods,” group show about the cosmic and supernatural, through October.

Tulane University. 6823 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-5535 — “Drawings of Grace Dunn for the WPA,” pen, ink and pencil drawings by New Orleans artist Grace Dunn, through Dec. 15. “Black Arts Movement,” manuscripts, fine arts and texts from Amistad Research Center holdings, through Dec. 16. “Thomas Sully: At Home and at Leisure,” drawings, blueprints and photographs of residences and yachts by Thomas Sully, through June 3.

Xavier University, Administration Building Auditorium). 1 Drexel Drive, (504) 520-7525; www.xula.edu — “Steppin’ Out Bold,” paintings by Ruth Owens about the Baby Dolls masking group, through Nov. 18.

MUSEUMS Gallier House Museum. 1132 Royal St., (504) 525-5661; www.hgghh. org — “Death and Mourning in New Orleans,” exhibits and tours about death in 19th-century New Orleans, through Nov. 1.

The Historic New Orleans Collection.

533 Royal St., (504) 523-4662; www. hnoc.org — “Money, Money, Money!

Currency Holdings from the Historic New Orleans Collection,” coins, paper notes, counterfeit detectors and political cartoons dealing with currency, through Oct. 29. “Danse Macabre: The Nightmare of History,” Halloween-themed tours of Louisiana History Galleries, through Oct. 30. “Goods of Every Description: Shopping in New Orleans, 1825-1925,” period merchandise, ceramics, silver, furniture and clothing sold in the French Quarter, through April 9. Hand-carved decoy ducks; “The Seignouret-Brulatour House: A New Chapter,” model of a 200-year-old French Quarter building and historic site; both ongoing.

Louisiana Children’s Museum. 420 Julia St., (504) 523-1357; www.lcm.org — Historic French Quarter life and architecture exhibit by The Historic New Orleans Collection, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Cabildo.

701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “Louisiana: A Medley of Cultures,” art and display exploring Louisiana’s Native American, African and European influences, ongoing.

Louisiana State Museum Presbytere.

751 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www. lsm.crt.state.la.us — “From the Big Apple to the Big Easy,” Carnival costume designs by Helen Clark Warren and John C. Scheffler, through Dec. 4. “Living with Hurricanes: Katrina and Beyond,” interactive displays and artifacts; “It’s Carnival Time in Louisiana,” Carnival artifacts, costumes, jewelry and other items; both ongoing.

National Food & Beverage Foundation.

1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 569-0405; www.natfab.org — “Tujague’s: 160 Years of Tradition,” photographs, awards and memorabilia about the restaurant, through October.

National World War II Museum.

945 Magazine St., (504) 527-6012; www. nationalww2museum.org — “Tom Lea: LIFE and World War II,” paintings and illustrations by the war correspondent, through December.

New Orleans Museum of Art. City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — “Kenneth Josephson: Photography Is,” work by the 20th-century American photographer; “Something in the Way: A Brief History of Photography and Obstruction,” photographs with obstructing elements; both through Jan. 1.

“Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection,” five centuries of landscape painting including works by Cezanne, Monet, Hockney, Turner and others, through Jan. 15.

Newcomb Art Museum. Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — “Marking the Infinite,” contemporary women’s art from Aboriginal Australia, through Dec. 30.

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www. ogdenmuseum.org — “Paper,” paper arts and works on paper from the permanent collection; “In Time We Shall Know Ourselves,” photographs by Raymond Smith; “Top Mob: A History of New Orleans Graffiti,” New Orleans-based graffiti collective Top Mob retrospective; all through Nov. 6. “Art of the Cup and Teapot Spotlight,” new work by Southern ceramicists, through Dec. 6.

Old U.S. Mint. 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993; www.louisianastatemuseum.org/museums/the-old-us-mint — “Time Takes a Toll,” conserved instruments featuring Fats Domino’s piano, through December.

Pitot House. 1440 Moss St., (504) 4820312; www.louisianalandmarks.org — “The Pearl and the Crescent: Examining Similarities Between Havana and New Orleans,” artifacts curated by J. Marshall Brown, through Nov. 21.

CALL FOR ARTISTS Magazine Street Art Market call for vendors. The organization seeks jewelry, costume and arts and crafts vendors for its weekend markets. Email magazineartmarket@gmail.com for details. #PutYourStampOnLoving. The New Orleans Loving Festival seeks stamp designs commemorating the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision. Visit www.charitablefilmnetwork.submittable.com/submit for details.

Utility box street gallery artists. Community Visions Unlimited seeks artists to paint public utility boxes around the city.

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THEATER 4000 Miles. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.

— Beau Bratcher directs The NOLA Project’s play about a young man visiting his feisty grandmother after a cross-country bicycle trip. Visit www.nolaproject. com for details. Tickets $20-$35. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Airline Highway. University of New Orleans, Robert E. Nims Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 2000 Lakeshore Drive — Southern Rep and University of New Orleans present Lisa D’Amour’s play, in which colorful characters living at a cheap motel hold a “living funeral” for a burlesque dancer. Visit www.southernrep.com or call (504) 522-6545 for details. Tickets $25-$40. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.

Beyond the Horizon. Loyola University New Orleans, Lower Depths Theater, 6363 St. Charles Ave., (504) 865-2074; www.montage.loyno.edu — Loyola’s Department of Theatre & Dance produces Eugene O’Neill’s early play about a love triangle on a Massachusetts farm. Tickets $12, students and seniors $8. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday-Saturday.

Debauchery. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — The live soap opera features an Uptown family with a downtown mom. Visit www.southernrep. com for details. Admission $10. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday.

I Want My Mummy! St. Philip Neri Parishioners’ Center, 6600 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, 887-5600; www.stphilipneri. org — In this musical set at Frankenstein’s manor, misfit monsters pose as servants.

Email adufrechou@cox.net for details.

Tickets $7-$10, children under 12 $4. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.

Slidell Little Theatre, 2024 Nellie Drive, Slidell, (985) 641-0324; www.slidelllittletheatre.org — The musical sends up Broadway cliches via a murder mystery plot. Tickets $16.50, students $8.25. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday.

No Exit. Tulane University, Dixon Hall, (504) 865-5105; www.tulane.edu/~theatre — In Jean-Paul Sartre’s play, three strangers find themselves locked in a mysterious room. Admission $10-$15. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday.

Pictures of Marilyn. National World War II Museum, Stage Door Canteen, 945 Magazine St., (504) 528-1944; www.stagedoorcanteen.org — The musical is based on the life, marriages and stage career of Marilyn Monroe. Tickets $29.52-$64.99. 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Rocky Horror Show. Cutting Edge Theater, 747 Robert Blvd., Slidell, (985) 640-0333; www.cuttingedgetheater. com — An engaged couple discovers a scientist working on strange projects at his castle. Tickets $22.50-$30. 8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday.

Sycorax. Fortress of Lushington, 2215 Burgundy St. — Choosing a Hat Products presents Mason Joiner’s play about three literary “monster-mothers” in 1945. Visit www.sycoraxnola.wordpress.com for details. Tickets $15. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

The Toxic Avenger. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave. — See ’Em on Stage presents the musical based on Lloyd Kaufman’s camp horror movie about a nerd remade by radioactive waste. Tickets $25-$30. 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m. Sunday.

CABARET, BURLESQUE & VARIETY Burgundy Burlesque. The Saint Hotel, Burgundy Bar, 931 Canal St., (504) 5225400; www.thesainthotelneworleans.com — Trixie Minx leads a weekly burlesque performance featuring live jazz. Free admission; reserved table $10. 9 p.m. Friday.

Burlesque Ballroom. Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse, 300 Bourbon St., (504) 553-2299; www.sonesta.com/imjazzplayhouse — Trixie Minx produces the burlesque show, accompanied by live music

by Michael Watson. Midnight Friday.

Bustout Burlesque. House of Blues, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www. houseofblues.com/neworleans — The 1950s-style burlesque troupe performs.

Admission $22, reserved table $50. 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Cabaret Gameshow Funtime Super Wow. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 638-6326; www. thetheatreatstclaude.com — Local singers perform in a gameshow-style musical theatre competition. 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Circus Darling. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — The sexy circus cabaret features a rotating cast of burlesque, vaudeville, aerial and magic entertainers.

Tickets $10-$15. 9 p.m. Thursday.

Circus of the Damned. Twist of Lime, 2820 Lime St., Metairie, (504) 455-7775 — A cast of local burlesque dancers (Ri Dickulous, Charlotte Treuse, Ember Blaize, Nikki LeVillain) and sideshow performers present a Halloween-themed show, and Noisewater performs. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. Saturday.

Comic Strip. Siberia, 2227 St. Claude Ave., (504) 265-8855; www.siberianola. com — Comedians and burlesque dancers perform. 9 p.m. Monday.

LadyBEAST Cabaret. One Eyed Jacks, 615 Toulouse St., (504) 569-8361; www. oneeyedjacks.net — Acrobatics, performance art and sideshow acts are part of the recurring circus arts show. Tickets $15, VIP seating $25. 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

Monday’s a Drag. House of Blues, Big Mama’s Lounge, 229 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com/neworleans — Nicole Lynn Foxx hosts local drag performers. Free admission. 8 p.m. Monday.

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Slashed and Stripped. The Theatre at St. Claude, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 6386326; www.thetheatreatstclaude.com — Vita DeVoid, May Hemmer, Dahlia Dolorosa, The Reverend Spooky LeStrange and Azazel Von Satan perform in the slasher film-themed burlesque show. Admission $10, VIP $15. 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

COMEDY Brown Improv. Waloo’s, 1300 N. Causeway Blvd., Metairie, (504) 834-6474; www.facebook.com/pages/thenewwaloos — New Orleans’ longest-running comedy group performs. 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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WWOZ FM BLARES IN THE BACKGROUND AND CLOTHES ARE HUNG OVER THE RAILING TO DRY AT A PINK MOTEL ON AIRLINE HIGHWAY. Francis (Thomas Francis Murphy), • Oct. 20-23 an unshaven and disheveled man wearing a • 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; Defend New Orleans T-shirt and feathered 3 p.m. Sun. crash helmet, bicycles onstage, carrying a basket of Mardi Gras beads. Hummingbird • Robert E. Nims Theatre, Motel residents sit on plastic chairs in the UNO, 2000 Lakeshore parking lot, where they are planning a “living funeral” for Miss Ruby (Janet Shea), a beloved Drive, (504) 522-6545; neighbor who owned a strip club in her www.southernrep.com younger days. In other cities, these goings-on • Tickets $25-$40 might seem exotic, but in New Orleans, it’s just another day.

Airline Highway, written by Lisa D’Amour PHOTO BY JOHN BARROIS and directed by Southern Rep’s Aimee Hayes, could be described by the cliche, “truth is stranger than fiction.” First produced at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and then on Broadway last year, Airline Highway is populated with colorful New Orleans types, who are living on the edge and in the moment and form a supportive community at a seedy motel. The show is full of humor, which is well-delivered, but its originality is undercut by the fact that we can see similar scenes every day.

Casting and characterizations in Airline Highway are excellent. The Hummingbird’s manager, Wayne (Carl Palmer), tells rambling and pointless stories. Though his approach to property management is blase, he has a big heart when an occupant’s rent is late or not forthcoming at all. Terry (Lance E. Nichols), an ad hoc handyman, never could afford a ticket to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

The closest he ever got was delivering 25 portable toilets, only to have his flatbed truck towed.

An aging prostitute, Tanya (Cristine McMurdo-Wallis), organizes Miss Ruby’s funeral, stringing lights and crepe paper and setting up a bar, making the dingy set festive for the close-knit group. She is well-loved and practices her profession as discreetly as possible.

“We have to go down a long, strange road to be who we are,” Tanya says.

Sissy Na Na (Chivas Michael), a transgender woman who lives at the motel, is a highlight of the show. In her gold lame pants, high boots and pageboy wigs, she struts around the stage, singing in an impressive falsetto to get and keep the party going. The dark underside of the incessant partying by motel residents becomes apparent in the abusive relationship between Krista (Elizabeth Daniels) and Greg (Todd d’Amour), aka Bait Boy. Sociological analysis arrives on the scene via Zoe (Madeline Kolker), an Atlanta high school student who comes with Greg, Krista’s former boyfriend. Zoe is writing a school paper about subcultures and finds her subjects at the Hummingbird.

However difficult and different their lives, the motel’s long-term residents stick together like family. Zoe is so swept up by the accepting atmosphere that she doesn’t want to leave.

Miss Ruby lovingly calls her entourage “the most gorgeous group of f—k-ups.”

A Broadway audience might see these characters as misfits, but New Orleanians embrace them as our own — people that make the city unique. — MARY RICKARD

howlinwolf.com — Massive Fraud presents stand-up comedy. 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Catastrophe. Lost Love Lounge, 2529 Dauphine St., (504) 9492009; www.lostlovelounge.com — Cassidy Henehan hosts a stand-up show.

10 p.m. Tuesday.

Comedy Gold. House of Blues, Voodoo Garden, 225 Decatur St., (504) 310-4999; www.houseofblues.com — Leon Blanda hosts a stand-up showcase of local and traveling comics. 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Comedy Gumbeaux. Howlin’ Wolf Den, 907 S. Peters St., (504) 529-5844; www. thehowlinwolf.com — Frederick “RedBean” Plunkett hosts a stand-up show. 8 p.m. Thursday.

ComedySportz. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www. nolacomedy.com — The theater hosts an all-ages improv comedy show.

8 p.m. Saturday.

The Franchise. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www. newmovementtheater.com — The New Movement’s improv troupes perform.

9 p.m. Friday.

Friday Night Laughs. NOLA Comedy Theater, 5039 Freret St., (504) 231-7011; www.nolacomedy.com — Jackie Jenkins Jr. hosts an open mic. Sign-up at 10 p.m., show at 11 p.m. Friday.

Go Ahead. The New Movement, 2706 St. Claude Ave., (504) 302-8264; www.newmovementtheater.com — Kaitlin Marone and Shawn Dugas host a short lineup of alternative comics. 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Local Uproar. AllWays Lounge, 2240 St. Claude Ave., (504) 758-5590; www. theallwayslounge.com — Paul Oswell and Benjamin Hoffman host a comedy showcase with free food and ice cream. 8 p.m.

Saturday.

The Rip-Off Show. Hi-Ho Lounge, 2239 St. Claude Ave., (504) 945-4446; www. hiholounge.net — Comedians compete in a live pop-culture gameshow hosted by Geoffrey Gauchet. 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Spontaneous Show. Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — Young Funny comedians host the comedy show and open mic. Sign-up 7:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Tig Notaro. Joy Theater, 1200 Canal St., (504) 528-9569; www.thejoytheater.com — The comedian and star of the Netflix documentary TIG performs.

Tickets $35. 9 p.m. Friday.

You Don’t Know the Half of It. Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, 616 St. Peter St., (504) 522-2081; www. lepetittheatre.com — Improv performers respond to actors performing in scripted scenes, with absurd results. Tickets $22.

7:30 p.m. Sunday.

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TUESDAY 18 BingOh! Bar Redux, 801 Poland Ave., (504) 592-7083; www.barredux.com — This bingo night has a Halloween theme and features short bits by local comedians between games. Costumes encouraged. Admission $5. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Broadway Q&A. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2800 Chartres St., (504) 940-2787; www.nocca.com — Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, the writing team for Tuck Everlasting, speak at a panel. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.

Champagne Tasting. Bar Frances, 4525 Freret St., (504) 371-5043; www. barfrances.com — Participants taste five Champagnes, meet Angeline Templier of Champagne Lasalle and enjoy cheese and charcuterie plates. Tickets $55, plus tax and gratuity. 6 p.m.

Night Out Against Crime. St. Paul Lutheran School, 2624 Burgundy St., (504) 9471773; www.splno.com — The community event invites the school’s friends and neighbors to an evening of games, food

and family activities. Free admission.

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Real Men Wear Pink. NOLA Brewing Taproom, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 301-0117; www.nolabrewing.com — The fundraiser for American Cancer Society features live music and a special rose hip and raspberry weisse beer. Pink attire encouraged. Suggested donation $5. 7 p.m.

Rose Petal Luncheon Social & Silent Auction. St. Philip Neri School, Parishioners’ Center, 6600 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, (504) 887-5600; www.stphilipneri.org — Luncheon participants enjoy an airline ticket raffle, silent auction and bake sale with proceeds benefiting mission programs. Tickets $25. 11 a.m.

Speed Dating. Irish House, 1432 St. Charles Ave., (504) 595-6755; www. theirishhouseneworleans.com — The singles events (ages 25-39 Tuesday, ages 40-59 Thursday) feature micro-dates in a casual setting. Halloween costumes encouraged. Visit www.pre-dating.com for details. Admission $30. 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday.

WEDNESDAY 19 Angel’s Envy Bourbon and Barbecue Dinner. Revel, 133 N. Carrollton Ave., (504) 309-6122; www.facebook.com/ revelcafeandbar — Angel’s Envy bourbons are paired with barbecue dishes at a family-style dinner. Tickets $100, includes tax and tip. 7 p.m.

Defender Dialogues. Studio Be, 2941 Royal St., (504) 330-6231; www.facebook.com/exhibitbe — Oliver Thomas (WBOK) hosts the storytelling event, which advocates for public defense, criminal justice and system reform. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Evenings with Enrique. City Park Botanical Garden, 1 Palm Drive, (504) 483-9386; www.neworleanscitypark.com/botanical-garden — The Helis Foundation’s event features live music, guided tours and a special sculpture installation by

Mexican-American artist Enrique Alferez.

Latin American food and mojitos are available for purchase. Free admission.

5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

George Weigel. Tulane University, Rogers Memorial Chapel, 1229 Broadway St., (504) 862-3214; www.tulane.edu — The ethics scholar’s talk covers “Modernity, Biblical Faith and the Crisis of the West.”

Free admission. 7 p.m.

Inclusive Halloween Party. NOLArts Learning Center, 1215 Prytania St., Suite 424, (914) 844-5053; www.nolartslearningcenter.com — The party is for individuals with special needs and their families.

Free admission. 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Michael Cunningham. Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Place, (504) 314-2406; www.newcombartmuseum.tulane.edu — Psychology professor Michael Cunningham’s talk covers “Tulane’s Aboriginal Australia Community Development Program.” Free admission. 6 p.m.

Mom 2 Mom. East New Orleans Regional Library, 5641 Read Blvd., (504) 596-2646; www.nolalibrary.org — Moms convene to share experiences and support one another. Free childcare and snacks are offered. 3 p.m.

NOCCA College Fair. NOCCA’s Chevron Forum, 2831 Chartres St., (504) 9402854; www.nocca.com — Public, private, parochial and homeschool high school students are invited to NOCCA’s fair highlighting universities’ arts programs. Free admission. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Windsor Uncorked. The Grill Room at the Windsor Court, 300 Gravier St., (504) 522-1992; www.grillroomneworleans. com — At the beer education class, participants learn to differentiate between white ales, pilsners, bocks, marzens, IPAs and stouts. Tickets $45. 6 p.m.

Yoga on Tap. NOLA Brewing Taproom, 3001 Tchoupitoulas St., (504) 301-0117; www.nolabrewing.com — The brewery hosts a free yoga class. 6:30 p.m.

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THOUGH IT WAS STARTED TO CELEBRATE TRADITIONAL NEW ORLEANS PO-BOYS, the Oak Street Po-boy Festival is a great place to sample creative versions of the sandwich. This year’s options include a Creole barbecued local wild boar • Oct. 23 po-boy from Carmo, a New Orleans schnit•10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday zel po-boy by Bratz Y’all and GW Fins’ fried lobster po-boy. Some local restau• 8100-8800 blocks of Oak rants are doubling down on tradition, as Street; www.poboyfest.com in Seither’s Seafood’s crawfish etouffee po-boy and Trenasse’s catfish meuniere po-boy. Gattuso’s Neighborhood Bar and PHOTO BY PATRICK NIDDRIE Restaurant serves a decadent fried oyster, bacon and remoulade po-boy, and there are sandwiches filled with barbecue, Louisiana seafood, meatballs, locally made sausages and more. Traditional roast beef or shrimp po-boys also are available, as are other items, ranging from Jacques-Imo’s Cafe’s shrimp and alligator cheesecake to Miss Linda Green’s yakamein.

The festival added a craft beer alley on Leonidas Street with brews from Abita Brewing Company, NOLA Brewing Company, Bayou Teche Brewing, Chafunkta Brewing Company, Second Line Brewing, Tin Roof Brewing Company, Mudbug Brewery, New Belgium Brewing Company, Oskar Blues Brewery and Lagunitas Brewing Company.

There are three music stages, and the lineup features Lost Bayou Ramblers, Los Po-Boy-Citos, Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet, Iko Allstars featuring Johnny Vidacovich, Papa Mali, Billy Iuso and others, and Ambushin’ Bastards featuring Dave Malone, Reggie Scanlan, John “Papa” Gros and others.

There also is an art market. Festival admission is free. — WILL COVIELLO

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(504) 528-1940; www.nationalww2museum.org/american-sector — Women relax and network while enjoying wine.

Visit www.womenwinewednesday.com for details and rotating locations. Free admission. 5:30 p.m.

THURSDAY 20 Adult Crafternoon. New Orleans Public Library, Robert E. Smith branch, 6301 Canal Blvd., (504) 596-2638; www.nolalibrary. org — The crafting party has a different theme each month. October’s craft is a Halloween wine bottle. Supplies provided. 3 p.m.

Andrea’s Wine and Food Tasting. Andrea’s Restaurant, 3100 19th St., Metairie, (504) 834-8583; www.andreasrestaurant. com — Chef Andrea Apuzzo pairs Italian wines with four dishes. Tickets $45, plus tax and gratuity. 6:30 p.m.

Beyond the Haunted Puddle. Port, 2120 Port St.; www.2120port.com — The haunted house, created by graffiti artist You Go Girl, tells the story of two children who disappeared. 9 p.m. shows are for adults

only. Tickets $15, kids $10. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday-Sunday.

Breast Cancer Prevention Seminar. Touro Infirmary, 1401 Foucher St., (504) 8978500; www.touro.com — The seminar and Q&A highlights the importance of healthy lifestyle choices and regular breast cancer screenings. Lunch provided. Free admission. Noon.

Chefs to Watch Awards Dinner. Marche, 914 N. Peters St., (504) 586-1155; www. marcheneworleans.com — Louisiana Cookin’ honors notable chefs from New Orleans restaurants such as Meauxbar, Sylvain, Josephine Estelle, Kingfish and others with a dinner. Visit www.louisianacookin.com/2016-chefs-watch-dinner for details. Tickets $125. 6 p.m.

A Dark and Stormy Night. Felicity Church, 1220 Felicity St., (504) 415-1628; www. felicitychurch.com — Youth writing project Big Class’ annual literary Halloween party includes a ghost story cocktail contest, Halloween-themed goodies and auctions of autumnal goods. Tickets start at $65.

6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 21 Adult Trick-or-Treat Ride. Bayou Beer Garden, 326 N. Jefferson Davis Parkway, (504) 302-9357; www.bayoubeergarden. com — A costumed bike ride is Halloween-themed and stops for treats and drinks at neighborhood businesses and homes. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.

Boo at the Zoo. Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., (504) 581-4629; www.auduboninstitute.org — The family-friendly Halloween celebration includes trick-ortreating, a ghost train, a haunted house and other activities. Tickets $17. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

Bucktown Seafood Festival. St. Louis King of France, 1600 Lake Ave., Metairie, (504) 833-8224 — The 19th annual festival features live music, rides, games and, of course, seafood. Free admission. 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

A Costume In(ter)vention. Koreole Cafe and Grocery, 2809 St. Claude Ave. — A costume market and swap meet features alterations, costume consultants and more. Dressing rooms available. 6 p.m.

EVENTS A Feast for CERF. Thomas Mann Gallery I/O, 1812 Magazine St., (504) 581-2113; www.thomasmann.com — Artist Thomas Mann presents the fundraiser for Craft Emergency Relief Fund, which assists artists affected by Louisiana floods. A cocktail reception and dinner include dishes from his work The Deconstructivist Cookbook. Tickets $25-$140. 5:30 p.m.

Friday Nights at NOMA. New Orleans Museum of Art, City Park, 1 Collins Diboll Circle, (504) 658-4100; www.noma.org — The museum stays open late for artist talks, receptions and special exhibits.

5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Ghostly Gallivant: Living History Courtyard Tours. Louisiana State Museum Cabildo, 701 Chartres St., (504) 568-6968; www.lsm.crt.state.la.us — Friends of the Cabildo leads its annual tours of haunted points in the French Quarter. Tickets $25, students $10. 10 a.m. Friday-Saturday.

Golf Ball Gala. Club XLIV and Encore at Champions Square, 1500 Girod St., (504) 587-3663 — The Fore!Kids Foundation benefit features entertainment by the Benchwarmers, food, drinks and an auction. Cocktail attire required. Visit www. zurichgolfclassic.com/charitable-events for details. Tickets $100. 7:30 p.m.

Laugh & Praise. Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, 2515 Franklin Ave., (504) 4888488 — The church holds its family-friendly, ministry-driven music and comedy show featuring comedians Joe Recca and Sean Sarvis and gospel singer Myron Butler. Free admission. 6:30 p.m.

Mid-City Porch Crawl. Mid City Yacht Club, 440 S. St. Patrick St., (504) 4832517; www.midcityyachtclub.net — At the adult-oriented neighborhood Halloween party, attendees stroll from porch to porch, enjoying snacks and cocktails from local restaurants. Visit www.mcno.org for details. Tickets $40-$50. 6 p.m.

Mojitos at the Mint. Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave., (504) 568-6993 — The cocktail party and fundraiser celebrates Latin jazz. There’s dancing and viewings of the museum’s jazz artifacts. Tickets $50-$100. 8 p.m.

October Owl Prowl. Woodlands Conservancy, 449 F. Edward Hebert Blvd., Belle Chasse, (504) 433-4000; www. woodlandsconservancy.org — A brief talk on owl legends and lore precedes a trail hike to look for nocturnal animals. Bring a flash light. Admission $5, children under 13 free. 6 p.m.

Oktoberfest. Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, (504) 522-8014 — Highlights at the annual Oktoberfest celebration include Dachshund races, a beer stein-holding contest, German beers on tap and German cuisine. Admission $8, kids free. 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.

Sip and Shop on Bayou Road. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks. com — Kitchen Witch Book Shop hosts a neighborhood shop-and-stroll with free wine and beer. Free parking and bike racks available. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

St. Edward Cochon de Lait. St. Edward the Confessor School, 4901 W. Metairie Ave., Metairie, (504) 888-6353; www. steddy.org — The family-friendly fest features carnival rides, games, live music and food including pork dinners, cracklins, seafood po-boys and funnel cake. Free ad-

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Donna Dodson and Andy Morlein. Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., (504) 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum. org — The artists, who collaborate as “The Myth Makers,” discuss their sculpture process and lead participants in a sapling-based craft project. Admission $13.50. 6 p.m.

Fazendeville Discussion. Chalmette Battlefield of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, Chalmette, (504) 589-3882; www.nps.gov/jela — The lecture series discusses an 1867 African-American community founded on what is now Chalmette Battlefield. Reservations required; call (504) 281-0511 ext. 31. Free admission.

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Florence, Italy, the World. American Italian Cultural Center, 537 S. Peters St., (504) 522-7294; www.americanitalianculturalcenter.com — A virtual walking tour highlights Florence’s contributions to art.

Free admission. 6 p.m.

Jazz in the Park. Louis Armstrong Park, 701 N. Rampart St., (504) 658-3200; www.nola.gov/parks-and-parkways — There are art and food vendors at a weekly outdoor concert series. Free admission.

4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Social Media Business Training. Urban League of Greater New Orleans, 4640 S. Carrollton Ave., (504) 620-2332; www. urbanleagueneworleans.org — The Women’s Business Resource Center holds a seminar on business use of social media platforms. Contact wbrc@urbanleagueneworleans org for details. Tickets $15.

10 a.m. to noon.

Uninhabitable. Radical Arts and Healing Collective, 1340 Montegut St.; www. rahc504.com — Bring Your Own and Fair Housing Action Center host the event, during which community members and attorneys share stories about issues pertaining to renter’s rights, including mold, infestations and evictions. Free admission. 7:30 p.m.

Vending Machine Winery Tasting.

Brady’s Wine Warehouse, 1029 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 622-1488; www. bradyswinewarehouse.com — Vintner Neil Gernon leads the Halloween-themed tasting; costumes encouraged. Admission $20. 6:30 p.m.

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Super Spooky Costumed Halloween Tea Party. La Petite Tea Room, 5928 W. Metairie Ave., Suite 3, Metairie, (504) 7331001 — Crafting, story time and snacks are available at the Halloween-themed tea party. Costumes strongly encouraged.

Tickets $15 per child. 4:30 p.m.

Trunk or Treat. Gretna United Methodist Church, 1309 Whitney Ave., (504) 3666685; www.gretnaumc.org — Costumed children may trick-or-treat in the church’s parking lot. Hot dogs, chips and cookies are served. Free admission. 6 p.m.

Unmasking Domestic Violence Soiree.

Harrah’s Casino, Harrah’s Theatre, 1 Canal St., (504) 533-6600; www.harrahsneworleans.com — New Orleans Family Justice Center’s fundraiser features live music, entertainment and awards for community members and advocates. Cocktail attire required. Visit www.nofjc.org for details.

Tickets start at $100. 8 p.m.

Up on the Roof Beer Tasting. East Jefferson General Hospital, Esplanade Room 1, 4200 Houma Blvd., Metairie, (504) 454-4000 — The fundraiser features tastings of local and craft beers and benefits programs and services at East Jefferson General Hospital.

Tickets $50. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

SATURDAY 22 Algiers Point Home Tour. Algiers Point — Algiers Point Association leads tours of historic homes in New Orleans’ second-oldest neighborhood. Tickets $20.

Noon to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

Autumn Afternoon Yoga Retreats. Clearwater Sanctuary, Covington; www.clearwatersanctuary.org — Yoga in a forest setting is followed by an organic meal. Email info@ clearwatersanctuary.org to sign up. Registration $25, members $10. Noon to 5 p.m.

Be.U.Know.U. Pop-Up Show. The Art Garage, 2231 St. Claude Ave., (504) 7170750 — Dancing Grounds and the New Orleans Society of Fly Ladies of present a multidisciplinary arts fundraiser featuring live music, dance performances, spoken word, poetry, a fashion show and a dance party. Tickets $10, includes one drink.

7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Chalmette National Cemetery Tour. Chalmette National Cemetery of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 8606 W. St. Bernard Highway, (504) 5893882; www.nps.gov/jela/chalmette-national-cemetery.htm — A guided tour of the national cemetery presents the history of those buried there. Free admission.

10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.

Cirque d’So-Lame. Castillo Blanco, 4321 St. Claude Ave. — Krewe du Vieux subkrewe Krewe of the Mystic Inane holds its raunchy circus-themed fundraiser featuring carnival games, prizes, food, beer and more. Admission $20. 4 p.m.-10 p.m.

Clock Collectors’ Information Seminar.

East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www. jefferson.lib.la.us — National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors members are available to help identify patrons’ old and antique timepieces. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Cookbook Exchange. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — Patrons meet to share and exchange cookbooks. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Critter Cinema. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 368-5191; www. la-spca.org — A party for kids has pizza, movies and time with the animals. Younger kids can bring a sleeping bag, pillow and PJs. Email erica@la-spca.org to register (required). Tickets $35. 6 p.m.

Fall Fete: A Funky Little Festival. Danneel Playground, 5501 St. Charles Ave. — The Friends of Audubon Charter School presents its fall festival and fundraiser featuring live music, food, drinks, games, inflatables and a costume parade at 1 p.m.

Visit audubonpto.org/home/fete for details. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Found at Sea. Spaghetti Speakeasy Listening Room and Library of Art & Wooden Chairs, 3331 St. Claude Ave., (770) 3642067 — A fundraiser for Aquarium Gallery, which was damaged by fire, has sea creature paintings for sale, live music and spaghetti. 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Halloween Tea. Windsor Court Hotel (Le Salon), 300 Gravier St., (504) 5236000; www.windsorcourthotel.com/le-salon — Costumed spooky characters serve tea to adults and children. Participant costumes encouraged. Adults $37, kids $27. 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.

Krewe of Boo. Faubourg Marigny — The krewe’s Mardi Gras-style float parade rolls from Faubourg Marigny through the French Quarter to the Warehouse District. 6:30 p.m.

Light Up Costume Workshop. Delgado Community College, (504) 616-6066; www. dcc.edu — Electric Girls leads a workshop teaching participants to add light-up and LED components to costumes. Bring a costume; light-up materials provided. Half-day registration $50, full day $85. 9 a.m.

Men of Honor. Ashe Cultural Arts Center, 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 5699070; www.ashecac.org — The Paris Soul Cafe Awards honor local luminaries such as Sidney Barthelemy and Leo Nocentelli at an event featuring cocktails, live music and entertainment. Call (504) 655-5605 for details. Admission $30-$50. 6 p.m.

Midnight at the Masquerade. Boomtown Casino, 4132 Peters Road, Harvey, (504) 366-7711 — The Murder Mystery Company presents interactive dinner theater. For details, contact murdermysterytom@ gmail.com. Tickets $90. 7 p.m.

New Orleans Kidney Action Day. Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Canal Street at the Mississippi River, (504) 565-3033; www.auduboninstitute.org — Health screenings, cooking demonstrations with samples, kids’ activities and entertainment are available at the health fair to raise awareness of kidney-related issues. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Night of the Witch. Poor Boys, 1328 St. Bernard Ave., (504) 603-2522; www. facebook.com/poorboysbar — Krewe of Goddesses’ fundraiser features immersive installations, performances, a peep-show tent, go-go dancers and raffles. Advance tickets $12, door $15. 8 p.m.

Open Studio. Mini Art Center, 341 Seguin St., Algiers, (504) 510-4747; www.miniartcenter.com — Children paint and decorate Halloween masks using collage paper, pom poms, glitter and other materials.

Admission $5. Noon to 5 p.m.

Psychoanalytic Political Psychology Lecture. Tulane University, Lavin-Bernick University Center, McAlister Drive, (504) 247-1507 — Vamik Volkan’s lecture covers psychological dynamics underlying global politics. Contact nobpcenter@gmail.com to register. Free admission. 9 a.m. to noon.

SUNDAY 23 Birdwatching. Northlake Nature Center, 23135 Highway 190, Mandeville, (985) 626-1238; www.northlakenature.org — Local bird guides lead a hike through a bird migration flyway zone. Reservations required; contact rue@northlakenature. org Tickets $5. 8 a.m.

Black Birth Matters. Neo Jazz School of Music, 1689 N. Claiborne Ave., (504) 9492866; www.neojazz.net — Birthmark Doula Collective holds a daylong conference on the intersections of black birth and racial justice, featuring workshops, films, panels, discussions and art. Free childcare provided. Tickets $30; for sliding scale, contact birthmarkdoulas@gmail.com.

10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Halloween Costume Boo-tique. New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., (504) 948-9961; www.neworleanshealingcenter.org — The 21st annual Halloween costume bazaar features one-of-a-kind work for sale by local designers, hatters, costumers and mask-makers. Free admission. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jeunesse Doree Brunch Series. New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., (504) 301-9006; www.phnojm.com — The inclusive, fashion-centric brunch features cuisine, a fashion show and more.

Contact (504) 813-5919 or thejdseries@ gmail.com for details. Reservations required. Admission $40. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Metaphysical Madness Halloween Show.

The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse St., (504) 4868351; www.cannerynola.com — Mediums and hypnotists perform onstage. Costumes encouraged. Tickets $25-$30. 7 p.m.

Music Under the Oaks. Newman Bandstand, Audubon Park, 6500 Magazine St. — An outdoor event with music, food and drinks benefits the Audubon Park Conservancy, which helps with park landscaping and upkeep. Free admission. 5 p.m.

NOLA City Bark Howl-O-Ween Pawty and Pawrade. NOLA City Bark, 30 Zachary Taylor Dr., (504) 483-9377 — Dogs compete in a canine costume contest and second line. Visit www.nolacitybark.org to register. 4:30 p.m.

Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. Oak Street, between Carrollton Avenue and Leonidas Street — The festival honors New Orleans’ principal sandwich with po-boys from more than 40 local restaurants, craft beer and live music. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Pet First Aid/CPR Course. Louisiana SPCA, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd., (504) 3685191; www.la-spca.org — Participants learn about basic animal first aid. Visit www.

EVENTS la-scpa.org/cpr for details. Registration $50. 9 a.m. to noon.

Shakespeare Women Love. Latter Library, 5120 St. Charles Ave., (504) 596-2625; www.nolalibrary.org — Women listen to excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night and other Shakespeare plays with live musical accompaniment. 3 p.m.

MONDAY 24 French Story Time & Craft. Children’s Resource Center, 913 Napoleon Ave., (504) 596-2628; www.nolalibrary.org — Children listen to stories in English and French. 4:30 p.m.

Hat Swap. Pearl Wine Bar, 3700 Orleans Ave., (504) 483-6314 — St. Catherine’s Day Hat Parade fundraiser features live music; bring a hat to swap. Tickets $5.

6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Spirit of the Vieux Carre Gala. Marche, 914 N. Peters St., (504) 586-1155 — The Vieux Carre Commission Foundation hosts the gala with cuisine by French Quarter restaurants, live music and entertainment.

Visit www.vccfoundation.org for details.

Tickets start at $50. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WORDS Carolyn Long. Hex New Orleans, 1219 Decatur St., (504) 613-0558; www.hexwitch. com — The author presents The Tomb of Marie Laveau in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.

2 p.m. Sunday.

Cheryl M. Willis. East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, (504) 838-1190; www.jefferson.lib.la.us — The author presents Tappin’ at the Apollo, The African-American Female Dance Troupe Salt and Pepper. 7 p.m. Thursday.

Clint Smith. Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., (504) 8952266; www.gardendistrictbookshop.com — The poet reads from and signs Counting Descent: Poems. 6 p.m. Wednesday.

David Billings. Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., (504) 899-7323; www.octaviabooks. com — The author discusses Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Culture. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Jennifer Hill Booker. Kitchen Witch Cookbooks, 1452 N. Broad St., (504) 528-8382; www.kwcookbooks.com — The author presents her cookbook Field Peas to Foie Gras: Southern Recipes with a French Accent. 5 p.m. Friday.

New Orleans Review. Maple Street Book Shop, 7529 Maple St., (504) 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — There’s a release party for the journal’s latest issue, which commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. 6 p.m. Thursday.

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The Roots of Music. Ashe Power House, 1731 Baronne St., (504) 569-9070; www. ashecac.org — The gala supports youth music education initiatives, and features live music, cocktails and food from Felix’s and Stanley. Visit www.therootsofmusic.org for details. Tickets $150. 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Second Line for Equal Justice. Kermit’s Treme Mother-In-Law Lounge, 1500 N. Claiborne Ave., (504) 975-3955; www.facebook. com/kermitruffinsnola — The Orleans Public Defenders office organizes the second line to raise awareness of legal representation issues. The second line concludes with a rally at the courthouse steps. Noon.

Secret Gardens Tour. Creole Delicacies, 533 St. Ann St., (504) 525-9508; www. cookincajun.com — Patio Planters presents its self-guided fall walking tour of 14 gardens. Tickets $20, kids free. Noon to 4 p.m.

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CITY PARK/BAYOU ST. JOHN NEAR CITY PARK - DESAIX BLVD.

Single house, c-a/h, 2BR, 1BA, w/d hkps, lrg fncd yd, pets ok. $1400/mo. Avail November 1, 2016. Call 504-952-5102.

ESPLANADE RIDGE WAKE UP SMILING 2BR, 2BA 1,200 SQ FEET

FRESHLY RENOVATED 1/2 SHOTGUN, OFF ESPLANADE, DESIGNER KITCHEN, A/C, W&D, PORCH, DECK, YARD, OMG! WALK TO JAZZFEST $1900/mo, +util, 504.812.2229

UNIVERSITY AREA GENERAL RENTALS

• Condominiums • Vacant Land • 1031 Exchange • Leases

6317 S. PRIEUR

2 bedroom, living room, dining room, furn kitchen, tile bath. No pets. Off Calhoun. $900/mo. Call Gary 504-494-0970.

UPTOWN/GARDEN DISTRICT 1 BR EFF. CLOSE TO UNIVERSITIES

Efficiency w/appliances liv room, a/h unit, ceil fans, wood/tile floors, w/d onsite. Clara by Nashville. Avail Now. $650/mo. 504-895-0016.

FURNISHED 2BDRM/1BA HOUSE

Complete w/fridge, w&d, mw, stove, security doors, Central A&H, shared off st pkng.

Alarm ready. On st car & Busline. Quiet n’bhood. $1,200 mo+sec dep. No pets/ smokers. Avail Now. Call (504) 866-2250.

OAK STREET BEAUTY

Fully furn 1BR. Top line furniture. Linens, towels, TV, internet & utilities included. $1150 per mo. 1116 Cambronne St. Call (504) 338-4044.

APT NEAR AUDUBON PARK.

LUXURIOUS1 BDRM, OFFICE, LIVING ROOM, HDWD FLOORS, W/D, BACKYARD, PET OK(601) 466-2868 FOR APPT $1600

ONE BLOCK OFF ST CHARLES AVE!!

2BR 1BA SPACIOUS GARDEN DISTRICT WITH HDWD FLRS, W/D, OFF ST PKING 2 CARS. 1000 SF $1400/MO 450-2948

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 1/2 BLOCK TO MAGAZINE

ROOMS BY WEEK. Private bath. All utilities included. $175/week. 1 BR avail. Call (504) 202-0381 or (504) 738-2492.

1201 Church Street

3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Recently used as a B&B. $245,000

1207 Church Street

On National Register. Recreation of Antebellum Mansion, c. 1906. 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000

Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate • 601-529-6710

G A M B I T > B E S T O F N E WO R L E A N S . C O M > • O C TO B E R 1 8 > 2 0 1 6

509 Church St. ~ McDougall House 1820’s Historic, Renovated Greek Revival Raised Cottage 5 beds/3 baths, pool. $185,000 1201 Church St. ~ Anderson House 3 beds/3.5 baths, Studio apt + bldg w/4 beds/4 baths. Recently used as a B&B. $245,000 1207 Church St. ~ On National Register Re-creation of Antebellum Mansion 6 beds/4baths + 2 bed Carriage House. $395,000 Call Realtor Brenda Roberts Ledger-Purvis Real Estate 601-529-6710

504-957-5116 504-948-3011

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DESIRE / FLORIDA

MISSISSIPPI

• Residential • Multi-Family • Investment • Commercial

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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2BR/1BA • OPEN SUN., 10/16, 4�6 P.M.

Todd Taylor, Realtor

Asociate Broker/Realtor®

REAL ESTATE

NOTICE:

All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Louisiana Open Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. For more information, call the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-273-5718

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